PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Aug 10, 1995, Mezhdurechensky
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on August 10, 1995 near Mezhdurechensky, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: Overloaded takeoff with...
- Date: August 10, 1995
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Mezhdurechensky, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Overloaded takeoff with illegally boarded passengers and a total weight well above maximum takeoff weight, leaving insufficient climb performance.
An An-2 departed Mezhdurechensky on a forest patrol flight with 23 passengers, many of them children, who had boarded illegally. The aircraft was far above its maximum takeoff weight and the engine lacked power, so it struck power cables and stalled about 2 km from the airfield. All 25 occupants were injured, four of them seriously.