Sincere condoleances to the familly involved.. .I flew the An-2 in Poland 2 years ago, and as said already it is a very solid airplane, and very popular for tourists because of its slow speed and large windows, combined with nostalgia of flying a piece of history.. .The airplane is very easy to fly, lots of power, do not stall suddenly, ( just sinks on its tail )and can have a minimum approach speed of 35 Kts.. .There are still 1500 of them flying around.