PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jul 25, 1980 (5 killed), Klimshchina
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on July 25, 1980 near Klimshchina, Smolensk oblast, Russia with 5 fatalities. Cause: Unauthorized flight with illegal...
- Date: July 25, 1980
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Klimshchina, Smolensk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 5
- Cause: Unauthorized flight with illegal passengers; both pilots intoxicated (captain 2.62 per mille, copilot 0.54 per mille).
An An-2P crashed at Klimshchina, Smolensk oblast, on 25 July 1980 after an unauthorized flight with illegal passengers. Both pilots were intoxicated and the aircraft struck a power-line support and burned.