PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Sep 8, 1985 (1 killed), Shymkent
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on September 8, 1985 near Shymkent, South Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan with 1 fatality.
- Date: September 8, 1985
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Shymkent, South Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
An Aeroflot An-2 on a crop spraying flight for a state farm crashed in a field near Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on 8 September 1985. The crew had trouble with the chemical dispersal system and, while absorbed in fixing it at low level, did not notice the aircraft losing altitude, and one pilot was killed and the other injured.