PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Aug 6, 2014, Prototskiye
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on August 6, 2014 near Prototskiye, Krasnodar Krai, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: MAK: The accident was caused by the...
- Date: August 6, 2014
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Prototskiye, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: MAK: The accident was caused by the aircraft nosing over during an emergency landing on a submerged rice paddy. The emergency followed engine power loss from a fatigue cracked can type combustor, whose unrepaired damage dated from the last engine exhaust system overhaul.
About two minutes after takeoff on a crop spraying flight from Prototskiye, the Yug Line An 2 RA 17890 lost engine power because a fatigue crack in the exhaust collector combustor admitted hot gases into the carburetor intake. The captain attempted an emergency landing on a flooded rice paddy about 2 km east of Prototskiye, where the aircraft nosed over and was destroyed by fire. Both pilots escaped uninjured, and the Russian MAK attributed the accident to the nose over during the emergency landing.