PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Sep 4, 2005 (3 killed), Ekimchan
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on September 4, 2005 near Ekimchan, Amur oblast, Russia with 3 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the...
- Date: September 4, 2005
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Ekimchan, Amur oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued under VFR in cloud. The crew may have lost orientation shortly after takeoff.
A PZL-Mielec An-2 on a cargo flight from Ekimchan to Chumikan with an intermediate stop at Udskoye struck a mountainside in poor weather about eight minutes after takeoff. The wreckage was not found until twelve days later. All three occupants were killed.