ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-2 CCCP-41971 Khovu-Aksy Airport
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Date:Tuesday 26 August 1969
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-2
Operator:Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-41971
MSN: 13347311
First flight: 1953
Total airframe hrs:14362
Cycles:16547
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Total:Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:13 km (8.1 mls) S of Khovu-Aksy Airport (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Kyzyl Airport (KYZ/UNKY), Russia
Destination airport:Khovu-Aksy Airport (UNYH), Russia
Narrative:
The An-2 operated on a flight from Kyzyl to Khovu-Aksy when it encountered below-minima weather conditions with low clouds over mountainous terrain. The airplane flew through clouds until it impacted the wooded slope of a 2591 m high mountain at a height of 1940 metres. The wreckage was located the next day.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Soviet Transports


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Distance from Kyzyl Airport to Khovu-Aksy Airport as the crow flies is 77 km (48 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Antonov An-2

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  • 124th loss
  • 63rd fatal accident
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