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| Date: | Friday 2 March 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  PZL TS-11 Iskra |
| Owner/operator: | Polish Air Force |
| Registration: | 1103 |
| MSN: | 3H-1103 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bydgoszcz -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bydgoszcz WZL |
Crashed in populated area on first-overhaul test flight. Cap J. Trzcinski and LTC R. Czopec. Pilot failed to maintain proper speed at low altitude (300m) and malfunction of the engine control system when he tried to increase thrust after undercarriage had been retracted.
One of the pilot tried to bail out however his emergency parachute failed to deployed.
The other pilot died inside the burn out wreckage.
Sources:
Scramble 263
AFM May+June 2001
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2051970728290979/permalink/3443465965808108/
https://bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl/bydgoszcz/7,35590,165523.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2019 09:15 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2019 08:21 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Oct-2025 15:11 | hexatus | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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