Ekimchan - Udskoye - Chumikan

On September 4, 2005 at 12:55 PM, Ekimchan - Udskoye - Chumikan experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by ROSTO, with the event recorded near Ekimchan Amur oblast.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Ekimchan on a flight to Chumikan with an intermediate stop in Udskoye, carrying two pilots, one passenger and a load of food. Eight minutes after takeoff, while flying in poor weather conditions, the single engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Bryus (1,767 metres high) located in the Selemja Mountain Range, some 19 km east of Ekimchan. The wreckage was found 12 days later, at an altitude of 1,560 metres. All three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RF-00901, MSN 1G171-22, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.0685°, 132.9404°.