ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265416
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| Date: | Thursday 27 September 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-21US |
| Owner/operator: | GK NII Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Akhtubinsk Air Base (URWH) |
| Akhtubinsk Air Base (URWH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a training mission from Akhtubinsk Air Base, MiG-21US of GK NII crashed. Test Pilot and Commander of GK NII,
Colonel Nikolay Ivanovich Kononov and Test Pilot Lt Col Yuri Ivanovich Tarakanov was killed.
Sources:
https://testpilot.ru/base/2009/09/tarakanov-yu-i/
https://www.ahtubinsk.ru/glits/memory/tarakanov.html
https://www.ahtubinsk.ru/glits/memory/kononov.html
http://testpilot.ru/base/2009/09/kononov-n-i/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhtubinsk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2021 08:33 | JF | Added |
| 16-May-2022 09:46 | JF | Updated [Registration, Source] |
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