PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Oct 14, 2009, Managua-Augusto Cesa...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on October 14, 2009 near Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes, Managua City District, Nicaragua with no fatalities....
- Date: October 14, 2009
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes, Managua City District, Nicaragua
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine failure for unknown reasons on final approach.
A Nicaraguan Air Force An-2 that had just been overhauled was on a post-maintenance test flight from Managua. Its engine failed on final approach, and the pilot attempted a forced landing in an open field about 800 metres short of the threshold, where the aircraft came to rest upside down. All five occupants escaped with minor injuries.