CCCP-62627

On June 22, 1991 at 08:00 AM, CCCP-62627 experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Yugavia, with the event recorded near Sukhov 2-I Volgograd oblast.

The flight was categorized as spraying (agricultural) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 technical failure. While on a crop spraying flight for the kolkhoz (collective farm) of "Zavyety Lenina" located in the Mikhailovka district of the Volgograd region, the intoxicated pilot encountered engine problems. At low height, the aircraft banked right to an angle of 45° then crashed in a field located 6 km south of Sukhov 2-I. All three occupants, the pilot and two local farmers, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-62627, MSN 1G178-19, year of manufacture 1977.