Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Morozov: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 9, 2025 at 0710 LT
Registration:
RA-33675
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Morozov - Morozov
MSN:
1G234-27
YOM:
1989
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Captain / Total hours on type:
13653.00
Aircraft flight hours:
3812
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed Morozov at 0708LT to perform a crop spraying flight on behalf of the Rodnik Farm. About two minutes later, while cruising at low height, the undercarriage collided with a 3-meter high embankment. The airplane flipped over and crashed inverted in a drainage ditch. The wreckage was found about 4 km south of the village. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Probable cause:
The accident was due to a collision of the main landing gear wheels with the embankment of an irrigation canal, which led to the destruction of the landing gear structure, the subsequent collision of the aircraft with the water surface of the canal, and a nose-over.
The accident was the result of a combination of the following factors:
- Loss of the captain’s working capability in flight due to acute cardiovascular insufficiency that developed as a result of a recurrent myocardial infarction against the background of hypertension.
- Possible influence on the captain’s health of the presence of ethyl alcohol in his blood.
- Performing the flight with an incomplete crew.
- The death of the captain in the aviation accident may have been facilitated by the absence of seat belts on the crew seats.
The accident was the result of a combination of the following factors:
- Loss of the captain’s working capability in flight due to acute cardiovascular insufficiency that developed as a result of a recurrent myocardial infarction against the background of hypertension.
- Possible influence on the captain’s health of the presence of ethyl alcohol in his blood.
- Performing the flight with an incomplete crew.
- The death of the captain in the aviation accident may have been facilitated by the absence of seat belts on the crew seats.
Final Report:
