An-2 crash in Pitelino
Aeroflot (Sasovo Civil Aviation Flight School) Antonov An-2
From Pitelino to Pitelino
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
- 3 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- Unknown
- 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
- CCCP-35029
- Onboard fatalities
- 3
- Route
- From PitelinoTo Pitelino
Approximate · Estimated position: Pitelino, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The An-2 crash in Pitelino was an aviation accident that occurred on Saturday 27 July 1974 near the village of Pitelino in Ryazan Oblast involving an An-2TP training aircraft, as a result of which 3 people were killed.
Crash
An-2TP with tail number CCCP-35029 (serial number 1G109-35) of the Sasovo Civil Aviation Flight School was performing a night training flight, during which instructor I. I. Polyakov and cadets S. Utkin and V. Maltsev were practising turns with a bank of 15°. The aircraft was being flown by the cadets. During one of these turns the elevator trim tabs spontaneously moved to the full nose-up position. The instructor did not manage to correct this situation, as he was either not strapped in or was dozing, and the cadets lacked the experience. As a result of the ensuing manoeuvre the An-2 went out of control and entered a spin, after which it crashed into a collective farm field near a granary. All three people on board were killed.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Ан-2 в Пителино” (revision 150406467, 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 в Пителино
- Article
- Катастрофа Ан-2 в Пителино
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 150406467 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q16662400
- 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 в Пителино" (page 4509503, revision 150406467), 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): An An-2 of a civil aviation flight school on a night training flight with an instructor and cadets: flight school training is general aviation. The article: "of the Sasovo Civil Aviation Flight School was performing a night training flight"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia article lead
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.