ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 313779
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Hütter Hü 17 |
| Owner/operator: | China's Second Aircraft Factory |
| Registration: | 3503 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chengdu, Sichuan Province -
 China
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
Elevator of a Hutter Hu 17 glider newly built by China's Second Aircraft Factory was mistakenly reversed, which caused the glider to crash as soon as it lifted off. The test pilot Yongzhang YANG was killed in the accident.
Sources:
Xu, X. 2016. Falling Down—the Life & Death Records of 682 Martyrs of the (China) Air Force. Beijing, China: Unity Press. 540 pp. (in Chinese)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2023 06:13 | RDV | Added |
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