ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174724
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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-17F |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 002 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tonopah Test Range, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tonopah Test Range Airport, NV |
| Tonopah Test Range Airport, NV | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Soviet MiG-17 fighter plane, operated by the U.S. Navy's Test and Evaluation Squadron FOUR (VX-4), entered a spin while dogfighting a U.S. Navy Northrop F-5. The pilot recovered, but entered a second irrecoverable spin too low to eject. The plane hit the ground at a steep angle near the Tonopah Test Range airfield boundary, killing the pilot instantly.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4477th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron
Media:
"Mig-17-usaf" by United States Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency - DOD Defense Intelligence Agency via http://area51specialprojects.com/video/havedrill_technical.swf. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2015 15:47 | harro | Added |
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