PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Apr 15, 1989 (2 killed), Olhyne
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on April 15, 1989 near Olhyne, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine with 2 fatalities. Cause: An unauthorized local flight with a passenger...
- Date: April 15, 1989
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Olhyne, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: An unauthorized local flight with a passenger and no copilot, with both occupants intoxicated (captain blood alcohol 1.9 per mille), followed by a stall in a steep climb.
An An-2R (CCCP-56524) based at Olhyne for spraying work crashed on 15 April 1989 after the captain flew a local flight without his copilot and with an unauthorized passenger. The aircraft stalled in a steep climb after low passes, struck the ground at about 45 degrees and burned, killing both occupants.