ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17370
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| Date: | Sunday 15 April 1934 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Tupolev ANT-27 |
| Owner/operator: | TsAGI |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Taganrog -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Taganrog |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A subsurface roll coming in from the sea as the flying boat was attempting to take off from a sheltered bay.
The aircraft emerged from the bay at high speed, lifted on the first wave and hit the sea just in front of the next wave. The pylon struts of the centre engine broke off, and the engine fell into the cockpit killing all on board.
Sources:
Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft / Andrei Kandalov, Paul Duffy , 1996 (ISBN 1560918993)
http://web.archive.org/web/20160305011727/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1934/archives/crash-of-a-tupolev-ant-27-in-taganrog-5-killed/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2008 11:38 | harro | Added |
| 11-Nov-2015 13:06 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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