Accident Yakovlev Yak-18U 59, Saturday 6 December 1958
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Date:Saturday 6 December 1958
Time:c. 11:56 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic YK18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-18U
Owner/operator:FAG3 Luftstreitkräfte
Registration: 59
MSN: 2403
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Brandenburg-Briest -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Brandenburg-Briest
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Aborted takeoff, rolled into ditch and overturned. OLtn Heinz Kubitza and OS Peter Fitzner* unhurt. * he died in a MiG-17 crash 30.07.1962

Sources:

http://home.snafu.de/veith/fag-15.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Aug-2012 08:19 TB Added
05-Jan-2020 13:04 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator, ]

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