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Date: | Saturday 24 May 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15bis |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | 31530504 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tbilisi -
Georgia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:This MiG flown built by Tbilisi and flown by factory test pilot K.P.Barkalaya was destroyed by fire in test flight. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear, fuel tanks were ruptured in the resulting belly landing and the aircraft was complete destroyed by fire.
Sources:
Air War Korea 1950-1953 / Robert Jackson, 1998
U.S. Air-to-Air Victories during the Korean War / ACIG Korean War Team (http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_307.shtml)
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, Gordon and Rigmant, X.Zhang.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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29-Aug-2012 13:31 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
11-Mar-2014 09:30 |
Anon. |
Updated [Country] |