6 October, 2013 year, about two o'clock in the afternoon, due to technical malfunctions, An-2 landed unsuccessfully on the territory of the Belgorod region.
The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. The crew made the decision because of the fire engine. After a hard landing, the aircraft overturned. The flight crew managed to escape from the aircraft. Later, fire service crews arrived and engaged extinguishing plane.
As a result of unsuccessful landing nobody was hurt.
The payload was 1000-15000 kg, it flew to a hard-to-reach area to meet the needs of agriculture.
For your information:
Available in 16 the aircraft modifications. In 1960-ies it was issued more than 5 thousand planes. And after it was manufactured in China under license. The plane was exported approximately 26 countries around the world.
Characteristics of An-2:
- Takeoff weight - 5500 kg
- Empty weight - 3500 - 4000 kg
- Flight range with load - 990 km
- Aircraft length - 12,4 m
- Aircraft height - 5,35 m
- Crew - 2 person.