ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245124
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-19PM |
| Owner/operator: | Hungarian Air Force |
| Registration: | 38 |
| MSN: | 65211038 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Szágy -
 Hungary
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | 31 vre Taszár Air Base |
| 31 vre Taszár Air Base | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After an alarm, it collided with a Soviet-made metrological balloon at an altitude of 4,000 meters at a speed of 1,000 km/h. After impact, the aircraft began to spin upwards and then crashed into a corkscrew.
Captain István Bakó ejected from in the a back position.
Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171002201906/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Farmer.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taszár_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2020 07:55 | JF | Added |
| 23-Nov-2020 07:56 | JF | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Apr-2022 09:22 | JF | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2023 11:24 | Monox | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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