Shelopugino - Shelopugino

On May 31, 1981 at 06:15 PM, Shelopugino - Shelopugino experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Shelopugino Zabaykalsky Krai.

The flight was categorized as private 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: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Three pilots and a passenger departed Shelopugino at 1807LT on an unauthorized local flight. After takeoff, the pilot-in-command followed the Turov River at an altitude of 100-150 meters when he initiated hazardous manoeuvres. The airplane climbed and adopted a high nose-up attitude when it stalled, plunged into the earth and crashed in a vertical (90° angle) attitude about 10 km south of Shelopugino. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and all four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-55617, MSN 1 127 473 15, year of manufacture 1959.