PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jun 16, 1995 (13 killed), Kherpuchi
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on June 16, 1995 near Kherpuchi, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia with 13 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain in poor...
- Date: June 16, 1995
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Kherpuchi, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain in poor visibility; contributing factors were flying below the minimum safe altitude, continuing VFR into IMC, and no active ground radio contact.
An An-2 on a scheduled flight from Poliny Osipenko to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur flew into low cloud at 400 metres, below the minimum safe altitude for the area. It struck treetops, stalled and crashed in forest, where it burned. Thirteen occupants died and one passenger was seriously injured.