Pelagiada - Pelagiada

On April 1, 2018 at 02:15 PM, Pelagiada - Pelagiada experienced a crash involving Cessna 401, operated by Private Russian, with the event recorded near Pelagiada Stavropol Krai.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Pelagiada, the pilot informed ATC about the failure of the right engine while the left engine lost power. The pilot completed an emergency belly landing in an open field located near Pelagiada, about 20 km north of Stavropol. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and the pilot escaped uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-1272G, MSN 401-0112, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.2077°, 42.0217°.