An-2 crash near Serpukhov
Avialesookhrana Antonov An-2 · Technical failure
From Bolshoye Gryzlovo, Russia to Bolshoye Gryzlovo, Russia
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 5 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
Antonov An-2
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-2
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- RA-01132
- Operator
- Avialesookhrana
- Onboard fatalities
- 5
- Route
- From Bolshoye Gryzlovo, RussiaTo Bolshoye Gryzlovo, Russia
Approximate · Estimated position: Pushchino, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The An-2 crash near Serpukhov was the crash of a transport aircraft of the Russian company Avialesookhrana in Moscow Oblast with 3 crew members and 2 passengers on board; all 5 people were killed.
Circumstances of the crash
The aircraft took off from Bolshoye Gryzlovo airfield to carry out aerial photography. On board were two crew members, the customer of the flight and 2 operators. Immediately after takeoff, the captain reported unstable engine operation and then its failure, and 3 minutes after takeoff decided to make a forced landing. While attempting to perform it outside the airfield, the aircraft clipped power line wires, then collided with trees, fell to the ground and caught fire.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Ан-2 под Серпуховом” (revision 150406683, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Russian Wikipedia article: Катастрофа Ан-2 под Серпуховом
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 150406683 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q7494085
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- ru Wikipedia article "Катастрофа Ан-2 под Серпуховом" (page 4391217, revision 150406683), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): The An-2 was flying an aerial photography job with the customer on board: aerial work, which counts as general aviation. The article: "The aircraft took off from Bolshoye Gryzlovo airfield to carry out aerial photography."
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.