Koslan – Vazgort – Puchkoma – Chuprova – Vazgort – Most Pyssa – Koslan

On November 14, 1996 at 01:02 PM, Koslan – Vazgort – Puchkoma – Chuprova – Vazgort – Most Pyssa – Koslan experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Komi Avia, with the event recorded near Most Pyssa Republic of Komi.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

15 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 93.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 13, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While parked at Most Pyssa for a short period of time (a 20 minutes stop), on a flight from Vazgort to Koslan, weather conditions deteriorated with snow falls. The crew failed to remove the snow from the aircraft prior to departure. After takeoff, while climbing, the crew initiated a turn to the left when the aircraft stalled and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. The copilot survived while 14 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-40309, MSN 1G221-39, year of manufacture 1986.