ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265407
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| Date: | Friday 14 March 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-21bis |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gorki (now Nizhny Novgorod) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sokol Aircraft Plant |
| Sokol Aircraft Plant | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a test flight MiG-21bis crashed on approach to land at Sokol Aircraft Plant in Gorki (now Nizhny Novgorod). Test Pilot Gennady Ivanovich Viskov was killed.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol_Aircraft_Plant
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Висков,_Геннадий_Иванович
https://testpilot.ru/base/2009/10/viskov-g-i/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2021 18:39 | JF | Added |
| 14-Jul-2021 08:16 | JF | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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