ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332770
| Date: | Monday 9 November 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2SX |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Moldova |
| Registration: | CCCP-43915 |
| MSN: | 111347307 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3834 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km NW of Gavanoasa -
 Moldova
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cahul Airport (LUCH) |
The An-2 operated on a positioning flight from Cahul to Vulcanesti after crop-spraying operations for the "Gigant" kolkhoz (collective farm) when the intoxicated crew performed unauthorised manoeuvres. The aircraft lost speed, entered a dive and crashed in a field between Vladimirovca and Gavanoasa (2 km north-west of Gavanoasa)
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Soviet Transports
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