PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Apr 24, 1987, Laptev Sea
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on April 24, 1987 near Laptev Sea, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: The skis broke through the ice after the aircraft landed...
- Date: April 24, 1987
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Laptev Sea, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The skis broke through the ice after the aircraft landed on a drifting ice floe.
An Aeroflot PZL-Mielec An-2 (CCCP-62566) carrying four scientists and a crew of five landed on a drifting ice floe in the Laptev Sea on 24 April 1987. Its skis broke through the ice and the aircraft sank, but all nine occupants escaped unhurt.