Balakhta - Balakhta

On June 23, 1963 at 08:48 AM, Balakhta - Balakhta experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Balakhta Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as spraying (agricultural) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a herbicides spraying mission on cultures located in the region of Balakhta. The evening and the night prior to the accident, both pilots drank about five bottles of vodka with three ladies and failed to sleep at their hotel. At 0450LT, they arrived at the aircraft and completed 11 rotations without problems. A pause was made to refill and in forty minutes, they drank three other bottles of vodka before taking off again at 0825LT for a 12th rotation. While flying at an altitude of 100 meters, the airplane's speed decreased and it stalled before crashing in a field located 7 km west of Balakhta. Both pilots and both passengers were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-09154, MSN 1G19-27, year of manufacture 8.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.3815°, 91.6258°.