ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349073
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Date: | Thursday 10 April 1980 |
Time: | 12:55 |
Type: | MiG-21PF |
Owner/operator: | Hungarian Air Force |
Registration: | 1515 |
MSN: | 761515 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Szigetvár -
Hungary
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | 31 vre Taszár Air Base |
Destination airport: | 31 vre Taszár Air Base |
Narrative:During a pair of planes fighting against a pair of planes, 1st. Lt. István Renn made an aeronautical error, as a result of which the plane got into a complicated spatial situation, then overturned and crashed.
The pilot ejected, but a height of 100 meters was no longer sufficient for the parachute to deploy, so the pilot died.
Sources:
Hungarian military history archive
Revision history:
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25-Dec-2023 09:21 |
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27-Dec-2023 12:39 |
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