Starosel'ye - Starosel'ye

On June 7, 2014 at 02:40 PM, Starosel'ye - Starosel'ye experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Private Russian, with the event recorded near Starosel'ye Yaroslavl oblast.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Starosel'ye Airfield, while in initial climb, the aircraft impacted trees, stalled and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire and both occupants were killed. It was reported that the aircraft was not on the Russian Aviation Register and that the registration RF-02883 was unknown to the authority. Also, the pilot decided to takeoff from an airstrip that was closed to traffic and failed to announce his flight to ATC.

Aircraft reference details include registration RF-02883.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 57.1347°, 38.7123°.