Accident Yakovlev Yak-23 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141999
 
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Date:Wednesday 14 July 1948
Time:
Type:Yakovlev Yak-23
Owner/operator:Yakovlev
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Tushino -   Russia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On that day, general rehearsal before August 18th aviation parade was taking place, fighters column flying at 100 meters and bombers column higher and at some distance. The second prototype of Yak-23 crashed after the right wing was struck by a mass balance separated from the rudder of a Tu-14 bomber was that flying at considerable distance away. The wing broke away and the fighter crashed, killing the test pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union (05.03.1948) Colonel Michael I. Ivanov.

Sources:

OKB Yakovlev - A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Иванов,_Михаил_Иванович_(лётчик-испытатель)
https://testpilot.ru/base/2009/03/ivanov-m-i/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2012 13:23 harro Added
31-Jan-2020 07:20 JF Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Jul-2020 14:34 nempobur Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Jul-2020 14:35 harro Updated [Other fatalities]

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