PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Mar 9, 2002 (3 killed), Rocca di M...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on March 9, 2002 near Rocca di Mezzo, Abruzzo, Italy with 3 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew...
- Date: March 9, 2002
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Rocca di Mezzo, Abruzzo, Italy
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued under VFR into poor visibility over mountainous terrain, with an aircraft not equipped for IMC or icing.
A PZL-Mielec An-2 on a ferry flight from Budapest to Tunis flew into low cloud and poor visibility over the Apennines in central Italy and struck the slope of Mount Rotondo near Rocca di Mezzo. The aircraft broke up on impact and all three occupants died. The crew had continued under VFR into weather that did not permit it.