PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jan 6, 1987 (2 killed), Urozhayny
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on January 6, 1987 near Urozhayny, Karagandy, Kazakhstan with 2 fatalities. Cause: The crew, air traffic control and the...
- Date: January 6, 1987
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Urozhayny, Karagandy, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew, air traffic control and the flight head decided to continue despite deteriorating weather, and no weather information was available for the area.
An An-2 mail flight from Zhezkazgan flew into fog and low cloud, then blizzard, and crashed into a snow covered field about 34 km north of Urozhayny on 6 January 1987. The captain died at the scene and the copilot died later in hospital from hypothermia.