Arkhangelsk – Soyana – Dolgoshchel’e – Mezen

On November 8, 2018 at 10:54 AM, Arkhangelsk – Soyana – Dolgoshchel’e – Mezen experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-2, operated by 2nd United Arkhangelsk Aviation Division, with the event recorded near Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk oblast.

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

14 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 14 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: 12, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The single engine airplane departed Arkhangelsk-Vaskovo Airport on a flight to Mezen with intermediate stops in Soyana and Dolgoshchel’e, carrying 12 passengers (11 adults and one child) and two pilots. En route, weather conditions deteriorated with drizzle. The crew reduced his altitude from 400 to 300 metres when frost formed on the windshield. The captain decided to return to Arkhangelsk but the aircraft' speed dropped from 170 to 120 km/h. Unable to maintain the speed and altitude, the crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft collided with trees and crashed in a wooded area located about 50 km northeast of Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport. All 14 occupants were rescued, among them two passengers were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-84674, MSN 1G191-52, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 64.5382°, 40.5120°.