1973 Aeroflot Antonov An-2 crash
Antonov An-2 · On 20 July 1973, an Antonov An-2 aircraft operated by Aeroflot crashed during an agricultural flight
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
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 1
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Airline
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-79827
- Operator
- Aeroflot
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
Cause areas
- Environmental issues › Physical environment
- Aircraft › Aircraft power plant
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
On 20 July 1973, an Antonov An-2 aircraft operated by Aeroflot crashed during an agricultural flight. One of the two people on board was killed.
Flight and crash
The crew was carrying out a crop-spraying flight. A bird struck the engine of the aircraft, which was flying at an altitude of 20-25 metres in the Saatly raion of the Azerbaijan SSR, and as a result the engine failed. As the terrain was very rough, it was not suitable for an emergency landing. The crew therefore turned left and crashed at 07.15 local time after hitting the embankment of a water canal. The crew survived the crash, but the co-pilot died while being taken to hospital. The pilot in command survived with injuries.
Investigation and cause
Cause
It was determined that the bird strike caused the air intake to the engine to be blocked and the engine to stop running.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Turkish Wikipedia article “1973 Aeroflot Antonov An-2 kazası” (revision 29417454, 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
Turkish Wikipedia article: 1973 Aeroflot Antonov An-2 kazası
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 29417454 · 2023-03-14 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q118955808
- 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
- tr Wikipedia article "1973 Aeroflot Antonov An-2 kazası" (page 3018163, revision 29417454), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Turkish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.