PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jul 5, 1979 (3 killed), Yulovsky R...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on July 5, 1979 near Yulovsky Rostov oblast, Russia with 3 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after the crew was distracted...
- Date: July 5, 1979
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Yulovsky Rostov oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control after the crew was distracted for unknown reasons. The aircraft was about 284 kg over maximum gross weight and carried an unauthorized passenger.
Aeroflot An-2 CCCP-29391 was on a rice field spraying mission for the Yulovsky kolkhoz. Nine minutes after takeoff, while flying too low, it banked 30 degrees to the left, plunged into a canal and was destroyed, killing all three occupants.