Accident
The crew was engaged in a fumigation mission against locusts over a plantation near Jyl-Kol in the Jalal-Abad Province. While flying at a height of about 15 metres, the aircraft hit power cables and crashed, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by the post-crash fire.
Investigation
The investigation identified several procedural violations and deficiencies. The Aircrew Commander decided to combine the production flight with an inspection of a new site, taking a representative of the Customer on board, in violation of Section 5.1.15 of the Guidelines for Aviation Chemical Works. The passenger was seated in the co-pilot seat, prohibited under Section 5 of PPLS. Before the flight, the commander received an indicative weather forecast from the hydro meteorology experts at Osh International Airport. However, a revised weather forecast was not drawn up and the crew did not receive it because the flight control officer did not send actual weather data provided by the crew after take-off, as required by paragraph 8.7.7 of APKR-3. The technology of air traffic controllers' work at Osh International Airport does not include responsibility for transferring information about actual weather obtained from crews to the base aerodrome meteorological office responsible for forecasting weather, and it does not specifically define the actions of air traffic services in obtaining information about an aviation accident. No changes were made in the temperature regime when performing aviation chemical works in accordance with the Guidelines for the Implementation of ACW Technology in Agriculture and Forestry (1980). The portable emergency radio beacon, PARM-406, did not function at the time of the accident. The Statute of Aeronautical Search and Rescue Service of the Kyrgyz Republic has no changes related to its reorganization in 2007.