ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330661
Date: | Monday 6 December 1971 |
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Type: | Antonov An-12 |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Melitopol -
Ukraine
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
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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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