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| Date: | Friday 22 June 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-29UB |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nizhny Novgorod -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Nizhny Novgorod |
Crashed during test flight near Nizhny Novgorod at approx coordinates 56°59'51"N 43°48'40"E.
Test pilot Vladimir Kherodinov an test pilot Valery Bespalov was killed.
Sources:
https://testpilot.ru/memo/90/bespalov.htm
https://testpilot.ru/memo/90/herodinov.htm
https://testpilot.ru/base/2009/10/bespalov-v-v/
https://testpilot.ru/base/2009/09/xerodinov-v-a/
https://wikimapia.org/35071289/ru/Памятник-погибшим-на-этом-месте-22-июня-1990-года-лётчикам-испытателям-ГАЗиСО-крыло-упавшего-самолёта-Миг-29УБ
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2018 14:07 | AE | Added |
| 08-Mar-2020 09:07 | JF | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2020 08:23 | JF | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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