Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 14 August 1960
Aircraft Type: Shijiazhuang Y-5A
Owner/operator: CAAC
Registration Number: 8307
Location: Chuanshan District, Suining, Sichuan Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: Aircraft systems (specifically, the pilot’s response to warnings and ground controller instructions).Aircraft systems (specifically, the pilot’s response to warnings and ground controller instructions).
Category: Accident
A two-aircraft collision occurred between two Y-5A airplanes, 8311 and 8307, at an altitude of 150-160 meters above Suining Nanba Airfield. Both aircrafts crashed immediately, resulting in the loss of all three occupants on 8311. The aircrafts were operating in a traffic pattern when 8311 struck 8307 from behind. The crew failed to respond to ground controller instructions and warnings prior to the collision.A two-aircraft collision occurred between two Y-5A airplanes, 8311 and 8307, at an altitude of 150-160 meters above Suining Nanba Airfield. Both aircrafts crashed immediately, resulting in the loss of all three occupants on 8311. The aircrafts were operating in a traffic pattern when 8311 struck 8307 from behind. The crew failed to respond to ground controller instructions and warnings prior to the collision.
Description
Two Shijiazhuang Y-5A airplanes, registered 8311 and 8307 respectively, collided during training flight at the altitude of 150?160 m above Suining Nanba Airfield. Both aircrafts immediately crashed. There were no survivors among the three people aboard 8311 and the one person aboard 8307. The two Shijiazhuang Y-5A aircrafts were both on traffic pattern when 8311 struck 8307 from behind. For unknown reason, the crew of 8311 did not respond to the ground controller’s instructions and warnings prior to the collision.
Source of Information
https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/19_22772https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/19_22772Primary Cause
Crew error and lack of response to warnings.Crew error and lack of response to warnings.Share on:
