ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330184
| Date: | Sunday 20 May 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-55798 |
| MSN: | 1G51-11 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6947 hours |
| Cycles: | 20001 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Starobeshevo District, Donetsk Region -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Gornyak" in the Starobeshevo District of the Donetsk Region. The aircraft lost height and impacted terrain when flying a steep right turn at a height of some 50 metres. A post-impact fire erupted.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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