PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Sep 9, 2009, Onikeyevo
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on September 9, 2009 near Onikeyevo, Kirovograd oblast, Ukraine with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure after takeoff for...
- Date: September 9, 2009
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Onikeyevo, Kirovograd oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Engine failure after takeoff for unknown reasons, followed by a stall. No investigation finding was located.
A PZL-Mielec An-2 took off from a road at Onikeyevo carrying a passenger. Shortly after liftoff the engine failed, the aircraft stalled near a farm and a post-crash fire destroyed it. The two pilots and the passenger survived. The flight was reportedly illegal because the certificate of airworthiness had expired in 2008.