ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186669
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| Date: | Sunday 9 May 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-52 |
| Owner/operator: | Tagil Aviation Club |
| Registration: | 135 red |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Yak-52 was scheduled to fly over a pond during the Victory Day parade on May 9. Instead the pilot decided to perform unauthorized aerobatics over land. While performing a barrel roll, the pilot lost control and the aircraft crashed in the crowd. A total of 19 persons were killed.
Sources:
http://crown-airforce.narod.ru/accident/yak52crash.html
http://www.v-tagile.ru/novosti-nizhnego-tagila/obshchestvo/eto-byla-nastoyashchaya-myasorubka-25-let-aviakatastrofe-v-nizhnem-tagile-vinovnykh-v-gibeli-19-chelovek-ne-nakazali-do-sikh-por
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2016 12:30 | ASN | Added |
| 12-May-2018 11:32 | harro | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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