PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jun 30, 1991 (2 killed), Yartsevo
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on June 30, 1991 near Yartsevo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia with 2 fatalities. Cause: Collision with a tree while flying at too...
- Date: June 30, 1991
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Yartsevo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Collision with a tree while flying at too low an altitude at night, with the crew intoxicated.
An intoxicated crew flew an An-2 at night on an unauthorised flight from Yartsevo to Novy Gorodok, a trip recorded as smuggling. A few minutes after takeoff the aircraft hit a lone tree in a forest clearing about 35 km southwest of Yartsevo, then crashed and burned. Both pilots were killed.