PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jun 30, 2016 (2 killed), Novopokro...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on June 30, 2016 near Novopokrovskoye, Saratov oblast, Russia with 2 fatalities. Cause: MAK: most probably a piloting error,...
- Date: June 30, 2016
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Novopokrovskoye, Saratov oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: MAK: most probably a piloting error, an unintentional descent during a turn to the next spraying run, resulting in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were alcohol in the pilot and passenger, a passenger in the first officer seat, the pilot being untrained for solo crop dusting, and departures from the manual limits for height and bank.
On 30 June 2016 a Krasny Kut Civil Aviation Flight School An 2 (RA 33462) carrying a pilot and a passenger was on a crop spraying run near Novopokrovskoye in Saratov oblast. While turning at about 20 to 40 m height it descended into an open field at about 140 km/h and burned, killing both occupants. The MAK final report, completed on 27 June 2017, concluded the aircraft most probably descended unintentionally during the turn.