Narian-Mar – Kharuta

On December 19, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Narian-Mar – Kharuta experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Naryan-Mar Air Enterprise - Naryan-Marskoe Aviapredpriatie, with the event recorded near Naryan-Mar Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 30.8%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine aircraft (an Antonov An-2TP that was converted in 2014 with a TPE331 turbine engine) departed Naryan-Mar Airport on a schedule service (flight NYA9280) to Kharuta, Republic of Komi, carrying 11 passengers and two pilots. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to a height of 30-40 metres, the aircraft entered an excessive nose-up attitude then rolled to the right, stalled and crashed in a snow covered field. A passengers was killed and 12 other occupants were injured. In the evening, two other passengers died and a fourth passed away on 10 January 2018.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-01460, MSN 1G231-51, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 67.6380°, 53.0071°.