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Date: | Friday 20 July 1934 |
Time: | |
Type: | Tupolev ANT-37/DB-2 |
Owner/operator: | TsAGI |
Registration: | - |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Khodinka -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Khodinka |
Destination airport: | Khodinka |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The rear fuselage and tailplane began to disintegrate in flight at a speed of almost 340kph/211mph. Test pilot Mikhail Gromov carried out a crash-landing and survived.
Sources:
Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft / Andrei Kandalov, Paul Duffy , 1996 (ISBN 1560918993)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Apr-2008 10:58 |
harro |
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