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| Date: | Saturday 1 October 2022 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Belbek Air Base, Sevastopol, Crimea -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Belbek Air Base |
On 1 October 2022, a Russian Air Force Mikoyan MiG-31 crashed as a result of a runway overrun at Belbek Air base, Crimea. The aircraft was performing a takeoff run on runway 25, but failed to achieve takeoff power. An attempt was made to abort the takeoff using the aircrafts drag parachute, but was not successful. The aircraft navigator was the first to eject safely from the aircraft, but the pilot, Roman Vdovydchenko was unable to exit the aircraft as it fell down the cliff.
Sources:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid078ZKDEbLhFkNe11hDAjRWXL6v5DTjxXbtAPwpUtvXE62wBgpWLg3DmyMRgbmoCBpl&id=100071807121016
https://youtu.be/t4lFHuysciw
https://usinsk-novosti.ru/novosti/article_post/216048
Media:
Video of the incident at Belbek airfield. Apparently, while landing, an aircraft ran past the runway and some of it’s ammunition detonated. The pilot reportedly survived. https://t.co/sftolFMW6U pic.twitter.com/TifLSaxlJv
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 1, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2022 16:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Oct-2022 16:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2022 16:52 | harro | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 02-Oct-2022 09:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2022 09:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2022 09:44 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2022 14:38 | Drone Insider | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 04-Oct-2022 07:36 | vasilf | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2022 07:39 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jul-2023 16:12 | Nepa | Updated |
| 20-Jul-2023 09:33 | Anon. | Updated |
| 10-Aug-2023 07:59 | Anon. | Updated |
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