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Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1953 |
Time: | 10:30 |
Type: | MiG-15 |
Owner/operator: | Hungarian Air Force |
Registration: | 915 |
MSN: | 3811915 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Szente -
Hungary
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | 24. vre Sármellék Air Base |
Destination airport: | 24. vre Sármellék Air Base |
Narrative:During flight, one of the spare tanks fell off the aircraft. The resulting asymmetric load caused the aircraft to stall and spin, the pilot was unable to resolve the situation.
The plane crashed, killing Lt. Miklós Szlavenka.
Sources:
Hungarian military history archive
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Dec-2023 09:50 |
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