On 27 March 1968 , while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base , he and flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin died in a MiG-15UTI crash near the town of Kirzhach .
On 27 March 1968 , while on a [ routine ] training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base , he and flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin died in a MiG-15UTI crash near the town of Kirzhach .