
What: Private Cessna
Where: Annino, Russia
When: August 22, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: The light aircraft crashed and fell not far from St. Petersberg. The two pilots, 1st pilot Victor Ignatiev and 2nd pilot Alexei Syrchin died in the crash near the village of Annino.
The pilots were taking the plane out just prior to a routine certification test. The pilots were attempted to land because they experienced engine problems, but they did not reach the runway and the plane impacted in the yard of a village kindergarten. No children were in the yard at the time of the crash.
The plane ignited on impact. One pilot was ejected, and one is locked in the cockpit.
42 people and 20 vehicles were involved in the rescue/recovery effort.
The plane had undergone repairs in Poland in 2007.
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