Accident TsAGI A-12 experimental autogyro ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237460
 
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Date:Sunday 23 May 1937
Time:19:00
Type:TsAGI A-12 experimental autogyro
Owner/operator:Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Medvezhyi Ozera village, Shchyolkovsky district, Moscow oblast -   Russia
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Chkalovsky
Destination airport:Frunze Central Aerodrome
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
In 43rd test flight at 700 m altitude main rotor blades failed, test pilot Semyon Kozyryev bailed out, but was hit with a blade and died.
Years after the crash it has been attributed to the unsatisfactory design of the rotor blades, in which the phenomena of fatigue of the spar material under variable dynamic loads were not taken into account.

Sources:

http://www.testpilot.ru/memo/30/kozyrev.htm
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/a12.html
https://military.wikireading.ru/8020

Revision history:

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28-Jun-2020 10:59 nempobur Added

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