Accident MiG-21PFS -,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233034
 
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Date:Friday 9 October 1964
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG21 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-21PFS
Owner/operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Vysokovo, Nizhny Novgorod -   Russia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Nizhny Novgorod
Destination airport:Nizhny Novgorod
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed during test flight after engine failure near Vysokovo, Nizhny Novgorod. Test pilot Major Boris Ivanovich Rjabtsev
was killed. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 31 December 1964.

Sources:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Рябцев,_Борис_Иванович
http://www.testpilot.ru/memo/60/ryabtsev.htm
https://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=497

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Feb-2020 08:33 JF Added
24-Jun-2021 09:21 JF Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
07-Mar-2022 08:04 JF Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]

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