ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265419
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| Date: | Friday 2 April 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-21PF |
| Owner/operator: | GK NII Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Akhtubinsk Air Base, Astrakhan Oblast -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Akhtubinsk Air Base (URWH) |
| Akhtubinsk Air Base (URWH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During test fllight from Akhtubinsk Air Base, MiG-21PF of GK NII crashed while landing due to engine failure.
Test Pilot Lt Col Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Sokolovsky was killed.
Sources:
https://www.ahtubinsk.ru/glits/memory/sokolov.html
https://testpilot.ru/base/2010/05/sokolovskij-v-a/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2021 09:54 | JF | Added |
| 17-Jan-2022 07:05 | JF | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source] |
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