CCCP-N565

On September 18, 1951 at 12:00 AM, CCCP-N565 experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-2, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Tukalan River Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) 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. On a positioning flight from the Tukalan River to a remote area when the wheels got stuck in the soft ground during the takeoff run. The aircraft nosed over and caught fire. Both pilots escaped unhurt but the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N565, MSN 1 09 473 06, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 69.0702°, 101.7813°.