Kyzyl – Abakan

On April 21, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Kyzyl – Abakan experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Russia All Russia.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft left Kyzyl Airport at 1205LT bound for Abakan, carrying a load of 485 kilos of furring. A minute after takeoff, the local weather center received an alert about a possible snowstorm. As the aircraft failed to arrive in Abakan, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the four crew members was found. It was determined that weather conditions were poor at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-A2597, MSN 1 06 473 07, year of manufacture 28.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.8339°, 37.6218°.