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Hungarian Mig-15, registration HA-UTI (actually a polish-built SB Lim-2 recently re-built by Goldtimer Foundation) crashed on take-off today on a CAA check flight in Szolnok, Hungary. Banked to the right immediately after take-off and hit the runway. Pilots walked away without injury.
Stuart Sutcliffe
18th Jul 2011, 22:13
Not entirely clear, but the single photo of the aircraft, whilst airborne, seems to show the right underwing tank as missing (is that white 'mist' fuel escaping from the right wing?). More clearly, the left underwing tank seems to be in the process of detaching from the left wing (it is canted inwards substantially!).
The 2 crew were very fortunate to walk away from that!
MAN777
18th Jul 2011, 22:54
Dont build em like that any more :eek:
RetiredF4
18th Jul 2011, 22:55
Looks like they jettisoned the tanks at t/o.
Some engine trouble?
AGS Man
19th Jul 2011, 08:05
Looking at the 3rd picture in the sequence I wonder what the 2 Pilots are saying to each other. Captions anyone??? Just glad they both walked away.
Unchecked
19th Jul 2011, 09:38
"it'll buff out".
treadigraph
20th Jul 2011, 14:29
Video clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X9WH6_x8Ug
JEM60
20th Jul 2011, 14:52
TREADI.
To me, that looks identical to the Duxford T.33 take-off accident of a few of years ago, the cause of which was an over-rotation coming up to take off speed, and a consequent inability to attain it.
fantom
20th Jul 2011, 15:34
Must not rush to conclusions...
Stall on take-off.
Dengue_Dude
20th Jul 2011, 20:43
For all the world, I've got to agree. It looks like an over-rotation and a failure to accelerate due to the drag. Wrenched off the ground below Vr.
Not pre-judging your honour, just what it looks like.
soddim
20th Jul 2011, 21:56
Premature aviating
telster
21st Jul 2011, 13:59
Video of the pre-flight preparations, and recovery of the crashed aircraft
‪MiG-15 UTI Baleset - Takeoff accident‬‏ - YouTube
taxydual
21st Jul 2011, 14:52
Just as well the drop-tanks weren't full of fags! :O
Hunter or Buccaneer story........?
soddim
21st Jul 2011, 17:09
A Fagot full of fags?
AdamFrisch
20th Feb 2012, 17:57
You can tell from this video of the same aircraft that the pilot has a worrying tendency of rotating too early. That's what ultimately caused the crash.
Hungarian MiG-15 first post-restoration flight - YouTube
Hueymeister
21st Feb 2012, 16:43
Videos don't seem to work?
Fareastdriver
21st Feb 2012, 18:30
In the fifties the technique of smoothly rotating into take off wasn't used. The pilot would lift the nosewheel and establish the take attitude fairly early on, around 80 knots. Then he would wait untill it flew itself off at whatever the T/O speed was.
The flight manual would have been written that way so that was the way he flew it.