ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-12 registration unknown Melitopol
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Date:Monday 6 December 1971
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN12 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-12
Operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration: registration unknown
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Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Melitopol (   Ukraine)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
During a formation flight in restricted visibility the pilot, thinking that he passed the leading aircraft, decreased the flying speed to 300 km/h. Simultaneously his plane entered a wake vortex from the leading An-12. The plane lost control and crashed.

Sources:
» Dmitriy Yertsov


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