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Farman-30 aircraft crash

8 Aug 1919 · 90 km from Chelyabinsk, in a field on the territory of Nifanka(Russian Republic)

Farman HF.30 · Unknown

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
2 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Military

Farman HF.30

Aircraft type
Farman HF-30
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
Unknown
Operator
Unknown
Onboard fatalities
2
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

The crash of the "Farman-30" aircraft was an aviation disaster that occurred on 8 August 1919 near the village of Nifanka in Chelyabinsk Uyezd. An aircraft of the 28th Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment crashed while returning from a combat reconnaissance mission. Both crew members were killed — military pilot Eduard Ivanovich Sizas and observer pilot Maksim Dmitrievich Saunin.<ref

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Circumstances of the crash

On 8 August 1919 the aircraft was carrying out combat reconnaissance in the area of the Chumlyak railway station. After completing the mission, the crew headed back. On board were military pilot Eduard Sizas and observer pilot Maksim Saunin. According to Order No. 64 of the Red Air Fleet of the Active Army of the RSFSR dated 15 August 1919, the aircraft crashed during descent while returning from combat reconnaissance. The order reported the deaths of military pilot Sizas and observer pilot Maksim Saunin. According to information collected from residents of nearby settlements, the aircraft fell in a forest a few versts from Nifanka. The wreckage of the aircraft was found approximately 6–7 versts from the village. Next to the aircraft was Saunin's body Sizas's body was found later approximately 150 sazhens from the crash site.<ref

name=”museum”/> The exact cause of the crash is not stated in the Red Air Fleet order. The document speaks of a crash during descent while returning from combat reconnaissance.

Version of the circumstances of the crash

Later publications name the aircraft's entry into a downdraft as the cause of the crash. According to this version, during the sharp descent Sizas was thrown out of the aircraft, after which Saunin was unable to recover the machine from the fall, since the observer's cockpit had no controls. This version is a later reconstruction of the circumstances of the crash. In the 1919 order the cause of the crash was not established.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Крушения самолета Farman-30” (revision 155188771, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Russian Wikipedia article: Крушения самолета Farman-30
Article
Крушения самолета Farman-30
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
155188771 · 2026-09-18 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
ru Wikipedia article "Крушения самолета Farman-30" (page 11609830, revision 155188771), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): An aircraft of a reconnaissance aviation detachment of the Red Air Fleet returning from a combat mission: a military flight. The article: "An aircraft of the 28th Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment crashed while returning from a combat reconnaissance mission."
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.