CCCP-05704

On June 2, 1991 at 12:00 AM, CCCP-05704 experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Tatarstan Airlines, with the event recorded near Kuybyshev Reservoir Republic of Tatarstan.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Based at Tenki after being dispatched for a local spraying mission, the single engine aircraft was stolen by the copilot who was intoxicated. He took off in the afternoon with two other unauthorized people and later, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the Kuybyshev Reservoir. The wreckage was not recovered. Two dead bodies were later found in the Kama River. The third occupant was never found.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-05704, MSN 1G153-17, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.2450°, 49.4871°.