PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Apr 23, 2006 (4 killed), Tersky
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on April 23, 2006 near Tersky, Stavropol Krai, Russia with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot did not complete the pre-takeoff...
- Date: April 23, 2006
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Tersky, Stavropol Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot did not complete the pre-takeoff procedures and checklist, and the aircraft departed with its flaps and ailerons still locked.
A PZL-Mielec An-2 took off from Tersky on an unauthorized local flight with four passengers. At about 50 metres altitude it went out of control and crashed in an open field roughly a kilometre from the departure point. Four people died, one passenger was seriously injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.