PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Sep 16, 2015, Bratsk
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on September 16, 2015 near Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: MAK (as cited by BAAA and ASN):...
- Date: September 16, 2015
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: MAK (as cited by BAAA and ASN): destruction of the bronze casting of the main connecting rod big end bearing, most likely caused by a manufacturing flaw in which the bronze did not bond fully to the steel base over part of its surface.
A Yenisei Aviation An 2 with two pilots and one passenger lost engine power about 43 minutes into a flight from Zhelenogorsk Ilimsky toward Achinsk, while oil temperature rose sharply. The crew made an emergency landing in a wooded area about 60 km northeast of Bratsk after hitting treetops, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair while the occupants escaped. The MAK report attributes the power loss to a failed connecting rod bearing liner from a manufacturing flaw.