Lemaks

PZL-Mielec AN-2

The single engine airplane was completing a positioning flight from Berdsk to Mansky where insecticides should be pulverized on wooded area. On board were a pilot, a mechanic and a passenger. Following a night in Berdsk, the airplane took off at 1201LT for the last leg to Mansky. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was poor. Too low, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located on the slope of Mt Abatova (747 metres high) located 40 km east of Krapivninsky. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. The wreckage was found the following day at an altitude of 541 metres. All three occupants were killed. Crew: R. Rodzhapov, pilot, I. Valiullin, mechanic. Passenger: Yuri Pakhomov, maybe acting as a copilot on this flight, despite he was not licensed anymore.