PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Mar 24, 2004 (3 killed), Pavlovsk
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on March 24, 2004 near Pavlovsk, Voronezh oblast, Russia with 3 fatalities. Cause: The crew failed to recognise that the...
- Date: March 24, 2004
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Pavlovsk, Voronezh oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew failed to recognise that the aircraft was too low on a night approach to an unlit airfield; the flight had departed without authorisation.
A PZL-Mielec An-2 crop-spraying aircraft crashed on a night approach to Pavlovsk airfield in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, on 24 March 2004. The flight had departed without permission, and the airfield had no approach or runway lights. The lower wings struck trees on final, and the aircraft crashed short of the runway and burned, killing all three people aboard.