Baleni - Baleni

On June 6, 2018 at 02:10 PM, Baleni - Baleni experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by Aeroserv, with the event recorded near Baleni Dâmbovi<U+021B>a.

The flight was categorized as spraying (agricultural) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a crop spraying flight in Baleni and was spraying insecticides on fields. While passing from a field to an other, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when, passing over a road, the airplane struck the roof of a truck. Out of control, the airplane crash landed in a field and came to rest, bursting into flames. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration YR-DAX, MSN 1G216-16, year of manufacture 1990.