ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189416
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| Date: | Thursday 5 April 1951 |
| Time: | 10:32 |
| Type: |  Avia S.199 |
| Owner/operator: | Czechoslovak Air Force |
| Registration: | 219 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Praha Čakovice -
 Czech Republic
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Praha Letňany |
| Praha Letňany | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
At 10.22 Avia’s chief test pilot Antonín Kraus started for routine test flight with Avia S.199 fighter. Some minutes after take-off the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. Flight controller advised to ventilate the cockpit, but the pilot never answered. At 10.32 the aircraft at full speed collided with railroad embankment at Prague's Čakovice district.
Antonín Kraus is known for conducting maiden flight of Avia S-92, Czechoslovak-produced Me 262, on 27 August 1946.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
http://www.leteckabadatelna.cz/havarie-a-sestrely/detail/507/
https://www.prijmeni.cz/osobnost/728874/antonin_kraus
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2016 06:30 | mukkakukaku | Added |
| 21-Aug-2016 06:33 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 16-Sep-2016 17:38 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2020 05:34 | nempobur | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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