Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 17 September 1963 |
Type: | PZL MD-12 |
Operator: | PZL Mielec |
Registration: | SP-PAL |
MSN: | 001 |
First flight: | 1959-07-21 (4 years 2 months) |
Engines: | 4 Narkiewicz WN-3C |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Bialobrzegi ( Poland)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The PZL MD-12 was a Polish four-engined short-range passenger plane that first flew in 1959. The prototype, SP-PAL, was destroyed when it crashed during a test flight, killing the crew of five.
The airplane performed a flight to measure the pressure distribution on the hull in order to select the optimal position of the static pressure sensor. Flutter of tail control surfaces caused the plane to crash.
The MD-12 program was stopped and the airplane was not taken into production.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
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Polska Technika Lotnicza (Materialy Historyczne, 6/2004)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.