PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jan 20, 2015 (6 killed), Shatyrkul
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on January 20, 2015 near Shatyrkul, Jambyl, Kazakhstan with 6 fatalities. Cause: BAAA summary: The crew descended without...
- Date: January 20, 2015
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Shatyrkul, Jambyl, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: BAAA summary: The crew descended without visual contact to the ground and without having set the airstrip pressure into the barometric altimeter, causing the aircraft to strike the ground on final approach; the official investigation report was not located.
On 20 January 2015 an Olimp Air An 2 (UP A0314), chartered to carry Kazakhmys mining employees to Shatyrkul in Kazakhstan's Jambyl region, was approaching in fog when it hit a snow covered field about 20 km north of the airstrip. Six of the seven occupants were killed and one woman was seriously injured and evacuated. The BAAA summary attributes the crash to the crew descending without visual contact and without setting the airstrip pressure on the altimeter.