PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Aug 24, 1987, Bozoy
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on August 24, 1987 near Bozoy, Aktobe, Kazakhstan with no fatalities. Cause: Take off from a highway without assessing the...
- Date: August 24, 1987
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Bozoy, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Take off from a highway without assessing the conditions, followed by collision with an earth mound and a gas pipe.
PZL-Mielec An-2TP CCCP-40591 of Aeroflot landed on a highway near Bozoy instead of the designated area on 24 August 1987. It took off from the highway without assessing conditions, struck an earth mound and a gas pipe about 37 m beyond the lift off point, and crashed.