Khabarovsk - Samarga

On June 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Khabarovsk - Samarga experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by DOSAAF, with the event recorded near Nekrasovka Khabarovsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The single engine aircraft departed Khabarovsk on a charter flight to Samarga, carrying two pilots and seven fishermen flying to a fish camp. En route, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to return to Khabarovsk. Unable to maintain a safe altitude, the crew attempted to carry out an emergency landing when the airplane impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area, coming to rest in a small river. All nine occupants were injured, five of them seriously. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration RF-00408, MSN 1G98-04, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.3522°, 135.2318°.