The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has formed a commission to investigate the crash of amphibious aircraft Alex-251 registration RA-1240G in the Moscow region. This was reported in the press service of the IAC.
‘On 9 September near the settlement Vatulino, Moscow region, there was an aviation accident with an amphibious aircraft Alex 251 RA-1240G. According to available information, there were two crew members on board. As a result of the aviation accident the aircraft was destroyed, the crew was killed,’ stated in the message.
The press service added that the Interstate Aviation Committee formed a commission to investigate the accident, which has already started work.
The preliminary cause of the crash of the amphibious aircraft according to the operational services, was the failure of the aircraft systems. Earlier it was reported that near the airfield Vatulino in the town of Ruza, Moscow region, crashed amphibious aircraft. The light-engine aircraft was making a training flight and belonged to the Verbilki aeroclub.
Later the same day it became known that Alexei Tantsyrev and Alexander Ivanov, both born in 1957, died in the crash of the amphibious aircraft RA-1240G. Their identities were confirmed by the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office.
Alexander Ivanov was a test pilot of the first class, had more than 3.5 thousand hours of flying time, of which more than 1 thousand were testing aircraft. He mastered and tested more than 20 types of aircraft, including Tu-134, Yak-40, An-2, combat Su and MiG. From 2006 to 2019, he worked as a test pilot at Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and tested the Superjet 100. In 1995, he was awarded the Order of Courage for testing deck aviation in Polar conditions.
Alexey Tantsyrev – Director of Aviatik-Alliance CJSC, one of the creators of the crashed amphibious aircraft Alex-251.
