Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 14 August 1960
Aircraft Type: Shijiazhuang Y-5A
Owner/operator: CAAC
Registration Number: 8311
Location: Chuanshan District, Suining, Sichuan Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: The Y-5A aircrafts.The Y-5A aircrafts.
Category: Accident
Two Shijiazhuang Y-5A airplanes, registered 8311 and 8307, collided during a training flight at an altitude of 150-160 meters above Suining Nanba Airfield. Both aircrafts immediately crashed, resulting in the loss of all three occupants on 8311 and one person on 8307. The collision occurred due to a lack of response to ground controller instructions and warnings by the crew of 8311 prior to impact.Two Shijiazhuang Y-5A airplanes, registered 8311 and 8307, collided during a training flight at an altitude of 150-160 meters above Suining Nanba Airfield. Both aircrafts immediately crashed, resulting in the loss of all three occupants on 8311 and one person on 8307. The collision occurred due to a lack of response to ground controller instructions and warnings by the crew of 8311 prior to impact.
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_22803https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/19_22803Primary Cause
Lack of response to ground controller instructions and warnings by the crew of 8311.Lack of response to ground controller instructions and warnings by the crew of 8311.Share on:
