AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
- speedbird2639
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Re: AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
https://www.rt.com/news/401811-an-plane-crashed-moscow/ video here for those who are interested
Re: AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
An-2 crashes are very rare, must be one of the most reliable bi-planes ever built. However if you show-off and try to pretend you are a WW2 fighter pilot, the consequences are inevitable.
Adrian
Re: AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
AMB wrote:However if you show-off and try to pretend you are a WW2 fighter pilot, the consequences are inevitable.
The mother of all assumptions right there.
Re: AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
Gooze wrote:The mother of all assumptions right there.
How else would you describe a barrel roll shortly after takeoff followed immediately afterwards by a steep turn/knife-edge pass at very low level?
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Re: AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
...whilst still descending....a steep turn/knife-edge pass at very low level?
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Re: AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
Pretty damning:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ow-440899/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ow-440899/
Russian investigators have disclosed that the Antonov An-2 which crashed at an air show at Balashikha, killing both pilots, should not have been flying as its airworthiness certificate had expired nearly five years earlier.
Its left wing struck the ground, after the An-2 (RA-35171) descended and banked steeply at low altitude. The wing was torn off and the aircraft rolled inverted before igniting.
While federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia says the inquiry is continuing, it has sharply criticised the organisers of the 2 September flight, which took place at a show to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the An-2.
The crashed aircraft "was not supposed to [fly] at all", it says, because the validity of its airworthiness certificate had expired in November 2012.
Although both crew held pilot licences, there is no evidence of official authorisation to fly the An-2, states Rosaviatsia, and the aircraft type is "not intended" to engage in the aerobatics undertaken during the flight.
Rosaviatsia accuses the flight's organisers of having a "totally irresponsible attitude", stressing that the crash occurred just in front of the spectator line, risking fatal injuries to dozens of attendees.
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Re: AN2 crash at an airshow in Russia
If you look on PPRuNe, footage has been posted of "what the display should have looked like".
After watching it, I can't be the only one thinking it was an accident waiting to happen.
After watching it, I can't be the only one thinking it was an accident waiting to happen.
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