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The crew was engaged in a crop spraying mission in Novoaleksandrovsk. Shortly after takeoff, while at a height of about 50 metres, the crew raised the flaps when the engine failed. The crew elected to restart the engine but without success. In such situation, the captain attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a field and eventually collided with trees. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

The engine failed because the fuel used by the operator was not approved nor suitable for such engine.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Novoaleksandrovsk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 23, 1978 at 1030 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-32079

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Novoaleksandrovsk - Novoaleksandrovsk

MSN:

1G92-35

YOM:

1968

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Aircraft flight hours:

8326

Aircraft flight cycles:

42120

Circumstances:

The crew was engaged in a crop spraying mission on behalf of the 'Lenin' kolkhoz in Novoaleksandrovsk. After few circuits were completed in the morning, the single engine airplane was flying on a distance of 800 meters at a height of about 40 meters when it nosed down and crashed in flames in an open field. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the crew was intoxicated. Analysis revealed an alcohol level of 4,04‰ in the captain's blood and 0,43‰ in the copilot's blood. It was not possible to determine who was the pilot-in-command at the time of the accident.