| Date: | Monday 6 December 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Melitopol -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
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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