Crash of First Prototype During Test Flight to Kubinka (RF-41400)

Incident Overview and Flight Details On August 13, the first prototype of a new aircraft model departed from the aviation plant at Voronezh Airport, heading to Moscow-Zhukovsky in preparation for a demonstration at the 7th Military Technical Forum. On August 17, the crew departed Zhukovsky for a test flight to Kubinka Airport, landing there at 1109 local time. Four minutes after taking off at 1114 local time, the aircraft was flying at low altitude in a flat attitude when the right engine caught fire. The crew elected to reach the airport, but 35 seconds later, the aircraft rolled to the right, inverted, and crashed in a wooded area 2.5 km short of runway 22. The aircraft was totally destroyed, and all three crew members were killed. The first example was dedicated to the Russian Aerospace Forces (Vozdushno-kosmicheskiye sily) and was also registered 01 yellow. The crew consisted of test pilot Nikolay Dmitrievich Kuimov, test pilot Dmitry Komarov, and flight engineer Nikolai Khludeyev.