PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Dec 9, 2020 (1 killed), Zolota Slo...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on December 9, 2020 near Zolota Sloboda, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine with 1 fatality. Cause: Unprepared pilot landed at night on...
- Date: December 9, 2020
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Zolota Sloboda, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Unprepared pilot landed at night on an unprepared site at high speed without flaps and with a large left roll, losing spatial orientation.
An unauthorized flight of a deregistered An 2 left Pohorilivka aerodrome and attempted to land in an unprepared field after sunset near Zolota Sloboda. The aircraft rolled to the left and crashed, destroying it and killing the pilot. The Ukrainian investigation cited landing at high speed without flaps on an unprepared site at night.