List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–2009)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. For more exhaustive lists, see the baaa-acro.com archives[1] or the aviation-safety.net database.[2] Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances.
Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.
Indian Air Force trainer crashed near Hyderabad, killing 1 instructor on board. His Trainee survived. Sqn Ldr Vishal Mehta was killed while trying to bail out of the trainer aircraft which developed a technical snag.[3]
A US Navy Lockheed EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft, BuNo 156511, coded 'PR-32', of VQ-1, collided with a Chinese Shenyang J-8IID fighter jet, reported as 81192, and was forced to make an emergency landing at Lingshui air base on Hainan Island, China. The U.S. crew was detained for 10 days; the Chinese fighter pilot, Wang Wei, was reported missing and presumed dead. The Chinese refused to let the Orion be flown out, so it was dismantled and transported on chartered Antonov An-124-100 of Polyot.[21][22][23]
4 April
A Sudan Air ForceAntonov An-24 crashed during a sandstorm in Adar Yeil, Sudan. Of the 30 people on board, 14 were killed; among them, Sudan's deputy defense minister as well as other high-ranking officers.
12 April
A Magyar Légierő (Hungarian Air Force) Mil Mi-24D, 579, collided with Mil Mi-24V, 715, while performing low-level formation flight over the range near Gyulafirátót, killing the crew of 579. Aircrew of 715 sustained serious injuries but survived.[24]
A Turkish NavyCASA CN-235 on a test flight crashed after the pilot lost control after reaching an altitude of just 100 feet, killing all 4 people on board.[13][28]
Three crew are killed when a Republic of Korea Army Boeing Vertol CH-47D Chinook, of the 301st Aviation Regiment, Icheon,[30] crashed in Seoul, South Korea while installing a torch-shaped sculpture on the Han RiverOlympic Bridge, built to commemorate the 1988 Olympic Games. The Chinook had just lowered the flame-shaped statuary onto the bridge central tower when its rotors hit the sculpture and then the tower. The front rotor clipped the top of the sculpture and separated from the helicopter which then fell onto the span, breaking in two, with the rear bursting into flame on the bridge and the forward half falling into the river. No other casualties were reported. The bridge had been closed during the installation work. The dead were identified as pilot Chun Hong-yop, co-pilot Nam In-ho and Sgt. 1st Class Kim Woo-soo. Army scuba divers were working to recover the wreckage.[31] Footage of this crash is also widely available on the web.
A Swiss Air ForceAérospatiale Alouette III crashed after a collision with a cable in Montana Valais causing the death of all four occupants.[34] it was the second crash after a cable collision within five months in the Swiss Air Force[29]
A USMC Lockheed KC-130R, BuNo 160021 of VMGR-352 (RAIDR 04) crashed into mountainous terrain while on a nighttime approach to Shamsi, Pakistan, 270 kilometers southwest of Quetta, Pakistan, killing all seven crew members on board.
A Grumman F-14B Tomcat, BuNo 162923, of VF-143, 'AG', from the carrier USS John F. Kennedy crashed into the Mediterranean near the Greek island of Crete, killing its pilot.[36] The aircraft was launching from the carrier when the nose gear disintegrated – both crew ejected but the pilot was outside the envelope and was killed.
During the NAS Point Mugu air show (Point Mugu, California), the pilot and radar intercept officer were killed when their United States Navy McDonnell-Douglas QF-4S+ Phantom II, BuNo 155749, stalled and crashed after pulling away from a diamond formation. Both ejected but their chutes had insufficient time to deploy. The Navy report stated in part: "The cause of this tragic accident was the failure of the pilot to manage the energy state of the aircraft, and then to recognize a departure from controlled flight at low altitude, and apply the NATOPS recovery techniques."[38] This Phantom II was credited with a MiG-17 kill 10 May 1972 with VF-96.[39]
A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle, 80-0022,[40] of the 40th Flight Test Squadron, 46th Test Wing, based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, crashed in the Gulf of Mexico ~60miles S of Panama City, Florida, while on a captive flight development test of a new air-to-air missile, killing test pilot Maj. James A. Duricy, assigned to the 40th Test Squadron, 46th Test Wing. His body was never recovered. An Accident Investigation Board determined that the crash was caused by the structural failure of the honeycomb material supporting the leading edge of the port vertical stabilizer during a high-speed test dive. A section of the leading edge, approximately 6 X 3feet, broke away.[41] "The doomed F-15C was flying at 24,000 feet when part of its tail broke off. Maj. James A. Duricy ejected at 900 mph and was killed. Investigators said the tail had corroded over the years. The fighter had gotten old."[42] A static display F-15 formerly assigned to the 46th Test Wing, was dedicated to Major Duricy at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, on 9 August 2007.[43]
The hangar housing Buran OK-1K1 in Kazakhstan collapsed, due to poor maintenance. The collapse killed eight workers and destroyed the orbiter as well as a mock-up of an Energia carrier rocket.[44][45][46]
June
2 June
An Angolan Armed ForcesMil Mi-17 helicopter crashed in poor weather killing 20 of the 25 on board. Among those on board were top military officials who were going to attend a disarmament ceremony by UNITA rebels.
July
5 July
U.S. Navy Sikorsky UH-3H Sea King, Desert Duck 744, operated by HC-2, Detachment 2, based out of Bahrain, suffered tail rotor failure while landing aboard the USS Cushing, spun out of control, went over the starboard side. Seven on board escaped safely.
A Ukrainian Air ForceSukhoi Su-27UB crashed during the Lviv airshow, killing 77 spectators, 28 of them children.[47] 199 were injured. The two pilots managed to eject, but the aircraft crashed onto spectators watching the airshow from the ground. The aircraft lacked the altitude to escape the crash, hit the tribune and fell on the ground. As stated by Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the crash was caused because of engine failure. The pilots & unit commanders were later jailed.
United States Navy Lockheed S-3B Viking, BuNo 159402, from VS-22 and based aboard USS Harry S Truman, crashed into the sea at night 25 miles south-east of Puerto Rico. The aircraft's three crew-members were killed.
October
3 October
United States NavyGrumman F-14A-135-GR Tomcat, BuNo 162594, c/n 516,[51] coded AD 136, of VF-101, suffered dual compressor stalls, causing both engines to shut down, during a routine training flight, crashing in the Gulf of Mexico on mission out of NAS Key West, Florida. The pilot and the instructor ejected safely at 5,000 feet (1,500m) and were rescued with only minor injuries by a Sikorsky UH-3 Sea King helicopter. On 5 May 2006, one of this Tomcat's tail-fins was discovered on an isolated beach W of Cork, Ireland, having floated 4,900 miles (7,900km.) across the Atlantic. This was the sixteenth and last Tomcat lost by VF-101 during 30 years of operation.[52]
A Swiss Air ForcePC-7 crashed at Bonaduz after a collision with a cable from the Rhäzuns-Feldis funicular, causing the death of both pilots.[53]
January
6 January
A US Navy F/A-18 Hornet hit an arresting gear box and skidded off the runway at NAS Lemoore, while conducting Field Carrier Landing Practice during a period of heavy fog due resulting in extremely low visibility.[54]
17 January
A US Marine Corps McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18D Hornet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off of MCAS Miramar, California, due to a material failure during a functional check flight with one engine shut down. Both crewmembers ejected safely and were recovered.
A Pakistan Air ForceFokker F-27-200, 10254, of 12 Squadron, crashes near Kohat, Pakistan when it strikes a ridge at the 3,000-foot (910m) level (915 m) AMSL, obscured by clouds. All 17 people on board died, including Air Chief MarshalMushaf Ali Mir. PAF spokespersons said on 22 May that pilot error was to blame.[56]
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, two Royal NavyWestland Sea King ASaC.7Airborne early warning (AEW) helicopters, registration XV650, 'CU-182', and XV704, 'R-186', collided in mid-air five miles (8km) from their aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal while one had been leaving on a mission as the other returned from the same operation. One American exchange pilot on board, a former E-2C Hawkeye pilot formerly from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Five, was killed.[58] It was later revealed that the three main contributory factors noted by the Board of Inquiry coincided with the three main areas of degradation between the older AEW Mk2 and the upgraded ASaC Mk7; all three factors had been identified and mitigation put in hand, but two were cancelled by an unauthorised official and the other rejected by the RN.
22 March
A RAF Tornado GR4 ZG710 was shot down by a US Patriot Missile Battery, killing both crew. It later emerged that the primary cause (failure to properly integrate IFF) had been identified in 1998 but corrective action rejected.
May
1 May
A Boeing C-32B or Boeing 757-23A, wearing what may or may not have been a U.S. Air Force serial number,[59]00-9001,[citation needed] c/n 25494/611, and assigned to the 486th Flight Test Squadron, which is known to be an Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, unit,[60] suffers a ~0300 hrs.[61] landing accident at North Auxiliary Airfield, South Carolina, when the nose gear collapses in a heavy landing. Thought to be operated by the United States State Department (a standard deflection for the Central Intelligence Agency and their Special Operations Group (SOG) / Special Activities Division (SAD) in support of Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) activities).[62] Air Force spokeswoman Major Linda Pepin said that there were no serious injuries, "There was a crew of 10 on board. Two sustained minor injuries and were treated and released." The nose gear on the plane collapsed and the plane's position on the ground is not parallel to the runway. Major Pepin stated that the incident would be investigated in days to come by an Air Force safety board, "In any case where there's an incident that involves aircraft safety to ensure that whatever happened in this incident we can avoid next time." Pepin said that they do not know how long the aircraft will stay on the runway, "It's really too early to know when it will get it up and moving."[63] North Auxiliary Airfield is used for C-17 Globemaster III training.
A Polish Air ForceSukhoi Su-22M-4K, of 8 ELT, flying at 3000 meter (10,000ft) altitude, during anti-aircraft artillery exercises, was shot down at 1600 hrs. within the confines of the Wicko Morskie range, near Ustka by 2K12 Kub missile. Another account ascribes the downing merely to a "technical malfunction". The pilot, Lt. Col. Andrzej Andrzejewski, safely ejected and alighted in the Baltic Sea 21km (11nmi (20km; 13mi)) from the coast, and – after one-and-half-hour spent in water – picked up by Mil Mi-14PSSAR helicopter from Siemirowice Air Base.[65] Andrzejewski was subsequently to perish in the 23 January 2008, CASA C-295 crash.
A Tupolev Tu-160, bort number '01', of the 121st regiment, 22 heavy bombers division, on a proving flight out of Engels Air Base after the replacement of one of its four engines, crashed near Stepnoye settlement, Sovetskoye, Saratov oblast, killing the four crew. There were no armaments aboard. Just before the crash the crew reported an engine fire to ground control, after which contact with the pilots was lost. The wreckage of the bomber was found 35km from its base. No injuries occurred on the ground. The main staff of the air force identified the dead as crew commander, Lt. Col. Yuriy Deyneko, co-pilot Maj. Oleg Fedusenko [the Russian TV channel gave this name as Fedunenko in its 1000 GMT newscast], and the navigators as Maj. Grigoriy Kolchin and Maj. Sergey Sukhorukov. This was the first Blackjack loss in 17 years of operations.[70][71]
Macedonia Government Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Z3-BAB, c/n BB-652, crashed into mountains while attempting to land in poor weather at Mostar International Airport, Bosnia – Herzegovina. All 9 aboard were killed, including Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski. The probable cause was attributed to pilot error - the two-man crew misinterpreted crucial flight data in stormy weather.[73]
March
10 March
U.S. Marine Corps Cessna UC-35D165938 crashed near Interstate 15 on approach to MCAS Miramar, California, during a training flight and burned out, killing all four marines on board.[74][75]
Grumman F-14A Tomcat of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, flown by Capt. Darioush Yavari and Col. Ali Abou Ataa, crashed on approach to Shahid Beheshti Air Base when Yavari, an experienced Northrop F-5 pilot qualifying on the F-14, misjudged his sink rate during a no-flaps landing, undercarriage and struck the runway with enough force to flip the Tomcat onto its back, killing both crew. The probable cause was determined to be a premature rush to put the pilot in the cockpit without his having completed his flight-simulator course. The commanding officer of TFB.8, Gen. Ahmad Mieghani (himself a former F-5 pilot) resigned, but the investigative commission reinstated him, recognizing the true source of the problem.[78]
July
21 July
Two US Marine CorpsMcDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornets of VMFA-134, 3rd Marine Air Wing, based at MCAS Miramar, California, suffered a mid-air collision over the Columbia River, 120 miles (190km) E of Portland, Oregon, shortly after 1430 hrs., killing Marine Reservists Maj. Gary R. Fullerton, 36, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Capt. Jeffrey L. Ross, 36, of Old Hickory, Tennessee in F/A-18B, BuNo 162870, 'MF-00',[79] coming down in the river. Maj. Craig Barden, 38, ejected from F/A-18A, BuNo 163097, 'MF-04',[79] landed nearby on a hillside W of Arlington, Oregon and was taken to Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, suffering minor injuries.[80] All three crew ejected but only two parachutes opened. The fighters were on their way to the Boardman Air Force Range, where the Oregon Air National Guard trains, when they collided, said one spokesman. Another spokesman told the Associated Press that the aircraft were on a low-altitude training exercise.[81]
August
15 August
A US Marine CorpsCH-53D Sea Stallion lost tail rotor authority on approach to MCAS Futenma on the island of Okinawa. This was due to improper maintenance. The failure to install a cotter pin resulted in vibrations forcing loose a bolt, thus causing separation of the tail boom from the aircraft. The aircraft proceeded to spin out of control striking a college building before hitting the ground and catching fire. The post maintenance test flight crew of 3 survived the crash with injuries. [82]
A U.S. ArmyUH-60 Black Hawk crashed on Tallil Air Base in Southern Iraq. All four crew members sustained injuries and were rescued by firefighters from the 407th Air Expeditionary Group and medical personnel from the 407 Expeditionary Medical Squadron.[89]
United States Marine CorpsBell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey, BuNo 165838, lost a 20 × 4inch piece of a prop-rotor blade during test flight in Nova Scotia, Canada, but was able to make safe precautionary landing at CFB Shearwater despite severe airframe vibration.[90] The blade failed after apparently being hit by ice which broke off from another part of the aircraft.[91]
29 November
A U.S. ArmySikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk, crashes shortly after taking off from Fort Hood, Texas, when it struck guy-wires supporting the television antenna of KXXV, near Waco, Texas, killing all seven soldiers aboard. Conditions were foggy and the warning lights on the tower were not lit, in violation of both Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. Victims included Brigadier General Charles B. Allen of Lawton, Oklahoma; Specialist Richard L. Brown of Stonewall, Louisiana; Chief Warrant Officer Todd T. Christmas of Wagon Mound, New Mexico; Chief Warrant Officer Doug Clapp of Greensboro, North Carolina; Chief Warrant Officer Mark W. Evans of Killeen, Texas; Chief Warrant Officer David H. Garner of Mason City, Iowa; and Colonel James M. Moore of Peabody, Massachusetts.[92]
December
2 December
The pilot of a Blue AngelsMcDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, BuNo 161956, ejected approximately one mile off Perdido Key, Florida, after reporting mechanical problems and loss of power. Lt. Ted Steelman suffered minor injuries and fully recovered.
10 December
Two Canadian Armed ForcesCanadair CT-114 Tutor trainers of 431 Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team, 114064 and 114173, flying as opposing solo '8' and '9' (unclear which was which), collided at the top of a loop during practice over Mossbank Airfield, an abandoned World War II aerodrome. Captain Miles Selby, pilot of '8' was killed instantly, but Captain Chuck Mallet was thrown clear of the wreckage of '9', released his lap belt and pulled his chute release, landing with minor injuries.[93]
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, 00-4014, c/n 4014, tailcode 'OT', of the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron, crashed on takeoff at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, prompting the U.S. Air Force to ground most of its other F-22s. The pilot ejected safely from the Lockheed Martin-built jet, which smashed into the runway it was trying to leave at about 1545 hrs. local time and burned.
January
18 January
During a training flight, a United States Air ForceCessna T-37B, 66-8003, Cider 21, of the 89th Flying Training Squadron, 80th Flying Training Wing collided in midair with a civilian Air Tractor AT-502B, registration number N8526M, on a cross-country ferry flight over unpopulated ranch land near Hollister, Oklahoma, USA. Both aircraft spiralled out of control. The T-37's two crew-members ejected, 1 suffering minor injuries, while the pilot and sole occupant of N8526M was killed. Both aircraft were operating under visual flight rules (VFR) at an altitude of 5,000ft (1,520 m) at ~1128 hrs. in conditions reported as hazy and overcast; the AT-502B pilot had not established radio contact with air traffic control, and his aircraft was not equipped with a transponder, but neither was required for VFR operation in Class [Category] E airspace. The crash was primarily attributed to the failure of the pilots to "see and avoid" conflicting air traffic during VFR flight. Investigators concluded that the aircraft collided at an angle of approximately 100 degrees, and a USAF Aerospace Physiologist determined that the AT-502B's left roll cage/door structure created a blind spot that occluded the T-37B from the AT-502B's pilot's line of sight, but the T-37B's right canopy bow did not produce a blind spot for the T-37B pilots. Contributing factors included the lack of a transponder and radios on the AT-502B and the reduced visibility due to haze. Additionally, the USAF report notes that the AT-502B was flying at an inappropriate altitude for its compass heading, as visual flight rules called for cruise flight at an odd or even altitude plus 500ft (152 m); however, given the pilot's high level of VFR experience, USAF investigators surmised that he was transitioning to a proper altitude at the time, but this hypothesis could not be confirmed.[95][96][97] This accident is a rare example of a midair collision in daylight VFR conditions during cruise flight distant from an airport.
A Colombian government Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on an anti-narcotics mission crashed in heavy fog near Manguipayan, Colombia killing all 20 on board.
March
31 March
A Lockheed MC-130H Combat Talon II, USAF 87-0127, c/n 5118, Wrath 11, of the 7th Special Operations Squadron, 352d Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, departed Tirana-Rinas Airport, Albania, for a night training mission to work on terrain-following and avoidance skills, airdrops and landing using night-vision goggles. Flying 300 feet (91m) above mountainous terrain, the airplane had insufficient altitude to clear a ridge and stalled as the crew attempted to climb away. The aircraft was destroyed on striking the ridge, and all nine crew members on board were killed.
A US NavyGrumman C-2A Greyhound, BuNo 162178, c/n 58, of VAW-120, made a successful belly landing at Chambers Field, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, after its undercarriage refused to extend. The aircraft had departed Norfolk for NAS Pensacola, Florida, when problems were detected. It circled for two hours to burn fuel before landing safely. None of the 25 onboard was injured. The airframe was struck off evaluated with Class A damage, as damaged beyond repair.[101][102]
September
5 September
Sukhoi Su-33 landing on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov at 16 27 hrs. engaged the landing trap, but its arresting wire snapped and the fighter went off the deck into the North Atlantic, pilot Sub Colonel Yuri Korneev ejecting immediately. The jet sank in ~1,000 metres of water; the pilot deployed the raft from his survival pack and was rescued by a Kamov Ka-27P rescue helicopter, and brought on board in a "normal condition." According to a source in Naval Headquarters, "it is possible that the pilot also made a mistake during the incident. The jet pilot, according to instructions, should have revved the engine after the cable broke and performed an emergency take-off. However, the fault of the pilot can be determined only after analysis from the Su-33’s black box," reported Kommersant. Capt. Of First Rank Igor Dygalo, head of the press center of the Main Staff of the Navy, said that the black box released as it was designed and surfaced after the aircraft sank. This was the first loss of the type during a "sea flight."[103]
9 September
A Belgian Air ForceGeneral Dynamics/SABCA F-16A Block 20 MLU Fighting Falcon, FA-112, ex-87-0056,[104] c/n 6H-112,[105] of 1 Squadron, 2 Wing, crashed at the Vliehors Shooting Range. The pilot, Cdt. Fabrice Massaux, did not eject and was KWF. The Belgian four-ship formation was practising strafe runs over the Vliehors range in the Netherlands when one of the F-16s crashed at around 1055 hrs. local. The pilot was part of the 1st Squadron, based at Florennes AB in Belgium. His body was found shortly after the crash by Dutch rescue crews. The Belgian Ministry of Defense sent a team of specialists to the accident scene by Sea King helicopter to investigate the cause of the crash.[106] A bird strike was the suspected cause.[105]
15 September
Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27Flanker of the 6th Air Force, 177th Fighter Regiment, during a flight between St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad, for unknown reasons veered off its course while travelling over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea, entered Lithuanian airspace and crashed in Jurbarkas region, Lithuania. No one was harmed during the incident, and pilot Maj. Velery Troyanov ejected safely.[107]
A US Navy North American T-39 Sabreliner of VT-86, en route from Chattanooga, Tennessee to NAS Pensacola, Florida, on a low-level navigation training mission, failed to arrive at ≈1500 hrs. as expected. The wreckage was found late 11 January near LaFayette, Georgia. All four personnel on board, a Navy instructor, a Navy student, an Air Force student and a civilian contract pilot, were killed. Their identities were not immediately released.[110]
An F/A-18 Hornet attempting a night landing aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) crashed into the flight deck and skidded off into the ocean about 200 kilometres south-east of Brisbane, Australia. The pilot ejected safely and was rescued from sea, but the $37 million aircraft was lost.[111][112]
A USAFLockheed C-5B Galaxy, 84-0059, of 436th Airlift Wing/512th Airlift Wing AF Reserve, crashed in a field one mile (1.6km) short of the runway during landing approach to Dover AFB, Delaware. All 17 on board survived, although three were seriously injured. The cause was found to be aircrew error as the pilots and flight engineers did not properly configure, maneuver and power the aircraft during approach and landing.[114]
A GreekLockheed Martin F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcon, 56-0514, c/n 182–3122,[117] of 343 Mira, and TurkishTAIF-16C Block 40 Fighting Falcon, 93-0684, c/n HC-28,[118] of 192 Filo, based at Balikesir, but which took off from Dalaman, collided at ~1300 hrs. local (0600 hrs. ET) over the Aegean Sea as two Greek F-16s intercepted a pair of Turkish F-16s escorting an RF-4E Phantom II recce aircraft towards Crete after an alleged airspace violation. After the intercept, the fighters manoeuvered in a mock dogfight, but two collided ~12 miles off the coast of the Greek island of Karpathos. The collision was witnessed by an EgyptAir flight that was passing by. The Greek pilot, Flight Lieutenant Konstantinos Iliakis, was presumed dead, but the Turkish pilot, 1st Lieutenant Halil Ibrahim Özdemir, was rescued[119] by a freighter under Panamanian flag, but refused to board a Greek SAR helicopter.[120] Greek Super Puma and Turkish Cougar SAR helicopters were dispatched to the area.[121]
A Bell 222/230 helicopter belonging to the Albanian Air Force flying from Tirana to Bari, Italy, lost contact with air traffic control over the Adriatic Sea. On board the helicopter was Gramoz Pashko, an ex-member of the Albanian Parliament who was being transported to Italy for specialized medical care after he had hit his head while diving in the sea previously during the day, leaving him in a coma. He was accompanied by his son, a doctor and three crew members. The cause of the accident could never be determined as the wreckage of the helicopter was never recovered.[124]
A Mexican Air ForceAntonov An-32B, 3103, of 3 Grupo Aero/EATP 301, crashed into the sea off the coast of Mexico, near Acapulco. The four crew members on board were killed.
18 December
The Lockheed Martin PolecatUAV aircraft crashed due to an "irreversible unintentional failure in the flight termination ground equipment, which caused the aircraft's automatic fail-safe flight termination mode to activate", cited by Lockheed Martin.
A HAL Dhruv helicopter, part of the Sarang display team, lost altitude and crashed while practicing for Aero India-2007 at the Yelahanka Air Base near Bangalore, India. The pilot was severely injured, and the co-pilot was killed. The Saarang team continue their planned performance for the airshow.
A United States NavyBlue AngelsMcDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, BuNo 162437, crashed into a residential neighborhood while performing at an airshow in Beaufort, South Carolina, in the United States, killing the pilot. Military investigators blamed the pilot for his fatal crash. A report obtained by The Associated Press said that Lieutenant Commander Kevin Davis got disoriented and crashed after not properly tensing his abdominal muscles to counter the gravitational forces of a high-speed turn.[136]
A Dassault Mirage III of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentine Air Force) crashed at 1110 hrs. at Morón Air Base after making a low pass during a "baptism of fire" day celebration, observing the opening of combat in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War. The pilot, Lt. Marcos Peretti, apparently encountered a fogbank after making the pass. He did not eject after steering the aircraft away from populated areas and was killed. Defence Minister Nilda Garré, who presided over the main celebration, ordered all Mirage aircraft grounded until a full investigation into the accident had been completed. "The causes of the accident are under investigation", said minister Garré adding that "Mirages are grounded until we determine how the accident happened; the pilot was in contact until a minute before the accident".[137]
FA-18C from VFA-195 crashed after the pilot inadvertently ejected while on emergency night approach to USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The aircraft continued to fly for nearly 20 minutes before crashing into the sea 400 miles SE of Guam. The pilot was safely recovered.
August
5 August
An Air Wing of the Armed Forces of MaltaScottish Aviation BulldogAS0020 stalled and crashed in Dwejra, Gozo. The stalling was probably a result of a sudden microburst. The aircraft cartwheeled upon impact, and hit its nose, wing and tail before coming to a stop upside down. The cockpit slid open and the plane's engine got dislodged upon impact. The cartwheel led to a loss of momentum which probably saved the crew's lives. The two crew members, Mark Brincat and Kevin Borg, had minor injuries only and were treated for shock at St. Luke's Hospital after being airlifted.[141][142][143][144]
8 August
A Royal Air ForceAérospatiale-Westland Puma HC.1, ZA934, 'BZ', of 33 Squadron, crashed in a wooded area of Hudswell Grange, W of Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, UK. Two RAF crew, pilot and aircraft commander Flt. Lt. David Oxer Hanson Sale, and crewman Sgt. Phillip Anthony "Taff" Burfoot died in the crash, while Army Pvt. Sean Tait, Royal Regiment of Scotland, died two days later in hospital. Nine others were injured but survived.
15 August
Lts. Ryan Betton, Cameron Hall and Jerry Smith were killed when their Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, BuNo 163696, 'AD',[145] from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120 (VAW-120), based at the Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina at ~2300 hrs. An investigation was unable to determine the cause of the crash, according to a copy of the Judge Advocate General final report – known as a JAGMAN – obtained by Navy Times. The aircraft catapulted off the deck of the carrier USS Harry S. Truman and crashed into the water moments later. The carrier never received any emergency radio transmissions or acknowledgment by the mishap crew, according to the report.[146][147]
A US ArmyUH-60 Black Hawk, operating from Aviano Air Base, Italy, crashed at 1217 hrs. near the Piave River, killing all seven on board, a mixed crew of Army and Air Force personnel. KWF are Air Force Capt. Cartize Durnham, Staff Sgt. Robert Rogers, Staff Sgt. Mark Spence, Senior Airman Kenneth Hauprich, Army Capt. Christian Skoglund and Chief Warrant Officer Two Davidangelo Alvarez. One year later, on the anniversary of the accident, members of the Aviano Air Base and Santa Lucia di Piave communities joined to unveil a special memorial honoring those U.S. military members who died in the crash and to remember those Italian World War I heroes of Piave.[149][150]
December
6 December
A French Air Force twin-seat Dassault Rafale aircraft with a single occupant, on a training flight from the Saint-Dizier base, crashed in an uninhabited part of the Neuvic parish in the Corrèze area, with the loss of its pilot.
A Pakistan Air ForceCessna T-37 Tweet trainer encountered a mechanical failure during the first solo flight of Pilot OfficerRaja Jahanzeb, flying over Topi, Pakistan. Declining ejection orders to prevent loss of life on the ground, he chose to crash land the plane on a campus road of GIK Institute merely avoiding faculty buildings and blew up into pieces on crashing. The crash killed the pilot and a gardener. Raja Jahanzeb was posthumously awarded Tamgha-e-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct).[154][155]
Two McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagles of the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33d Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Florida, collide over the Gulf of Mexico ~50 miles (80km) S of Tyndall AFB, Florida, killing 1st Lt. Ali Jivanjee. Capt. Tucker Hamilton ejected from the other fighter and survived. Airframes involved were F-15C-26-MC, 79-0075, c/n 0624/C144, and F-15C-32-MC, 81-0043, c/n 0793/C226. Both pilots ejected and one was rescued from the Gulf by the fishing boat Niña, owned by Bart Niquet of Lynn Haven, Florida, which was guided to the pilot by an HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft. A 1st SOW AC-130H and an MV-22 Osprey were also diverted to the scene to help search as were five Coast Guard aircraft and two vessels. An HH-60 Jayhawk from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile lifted the pilot from the fishing boat and evacuated him to the Eglin Hospital. The second pilot was rescued from the Gulf by an HH-60 Jayhawk from CGAS Clearwater and also taken to the Eglin Hospital. One pilot subsequently died several hours later from his injuries.[159] An accident investigation released 25 August 2008 found that the accident was the result of pilot error and not mechanical failure. Both pilots failed to clear their flight paths and anticipate their impending high-aspect, midair impact, according to Brig. Gen. Joseph Reynes, Jr., Air Combat Command's inspector general who led the investigation.[160] This was the first crash involving an Eglin F-15 since a fatal crash on 30 April 2002.
An Iraqi Air ForceMil Mi-17 helicopter crashed in a dust storm near Baiji, Iraq, killing seven members of the IAF, as well as SSgt. Christopher S. Frost, 24, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, a USAF public affairs specialist who deployed to the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq from the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.[161]
7 March
Failure of a brake metering valve caused a Rockwell B-1B Lancer bomber of the 28th Bomb Wing to roll forward into two rescue vehicles after engine shutdown at Andersen AFB, Guam. Damage to the B-1B and the two vehicles totaled $5.8 million.[162] The "Bone" had stopped over at Andersen while transiting home to Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota from the Singapore Air Show and had taken off for home but returned after the crew declared an in-flight emergency. The aircraft stopped at designated spot off the runway to be met by emergency apparatus, but rolled into the vehicles unexpectedly.[163]
A USAFRockwell B-1B Lancer, 86-0116, of the 28th Bomb Wing, suffered hydraulic failure while taxiing after landing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, veering off the runway and catching fire. Four crew evacuated safely but the airframe was burnt out after the bomb load exploded.[165]
8 April
An Antonov An-26 aircraft on a training mission, possibly belonging to Vietnam's 918 Air Transport Regiment, crashed into a field in Thanh Tri District, Hanoi, Vietnam, killing five military pilots. It had taken off from Gia Lam Airport, and crashed on its way back. The cause of the accident is unknown.[166]
May
21 May
A Serbian Air Force single-seat SOKO J-22 Orao ground attack aircraft flown by Major Tomas Janik crashed near the village of Baranda. The aircraft that crashed was wearing serial 25114 and was operational with the 241 Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron, of 98th Air BaseLađevci. The flight went well until 1130 hours local time when pilot Major Janik experienced problems with his aircraft and was forced to eject. The aircraft went down in the vicinity of the village Baranda and was completely destroyed.[167]
Three Airmen of the 319th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, avoided serious injury when the leased Pilatus PC-12 in which they were training crashed at the end of the runway at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Eglin Auxiliary Field 9, at ~2330 hrs. as they attempted a landing. The initial investigation finds that the turboprop encountered wake turbulence from another aircraft that had landed shortly before the accident. As a precaution, the three crew were taken to the Eglin hospital and released the same afternoon. Hurlburt leases the PC-12 to train Airmen for the U-28A, the Air Force's version of the single-engine utility aircraft, used in combat for intra-theatre support for the special operations forces.[168]
A U.S. Air ForceMcDonnell-Douglas F-15D Eagle, 85-0131, crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range ~50 miles (80km) E of Goldfield, Nevada, at ~1130 hrs. The F-15D, of the 65th Aggressor Squadron, 57th Aggressor Training Group, Nellis Air Force Base, was participating in a combat training mission as part of Exercise Red Flag 08–03. Air Force officials identified the pilot who died as Lt. Col. Thomas A. Bouley, commander of the 65th AS at Nellis. A United Kingdom Royal Air Force Tornado F.3 pilot assigned to the USAF's 64th AGRS[171] was with him and was taken to Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital at Nellis. The pilot arrived ~1330 hrs. Wednesday, the Air Force said. The pilot was in stable condition and under observation. The Royal Air Force pilot's name was withheld while the investigation into the crash continues.[172][173]
A Serbian Air ForceSOKO G-4 Super Galeb basic trainer/light attack jet aircraft with serial number 23736 flown by Lt. Colonel Ištvan Kanas crashed at Batajnica Air Base. Ištvan Kanas (aged 43), pilot of Flight Test Section (Sektor za letna ispitivanja – SLI) did not survive the crash. Kanas was a top Serbian test pilot and member of the private aerobatics team and former member of Leteće Zvezde aerobatics team, officials say he was practicing for an upcoming Belgrade 2008 airshow. He was a father of two.[175][176] This is the second G-4 Super Galeb ever to crash with tragic consequences after 21 years.[177]
A Canadian Armed ForcesCanadair CT-114 Tutor crashed into farmland just northwest of CFB Moose Jaw while taking photographs of a formation of Canadian Forces training aircraft, both crew killed.[179]
A USMCMcDonnell-Douglas F/A-18D Hornet, BuNo 164017, crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, University City, coming down two miles (3km) west of MCAS Miramar, California, just after the Marine pilot, Lieutenant Dan Neubauer, from VMFAT-101,[180] ejected. Four fatalities on the ground resulted. The Hornet was being flown from the USS Abraham Lincoln.[181] The commander of the fighter squadron involved in the crash, its top maintenance officer and two others were relieved of duty as a result of the crash investigation. The pilot was grounded pending a further review, Maj. Gen. Randolph Alles announced in March 2009.[182]
January
12 January
A Sikorsky UH-60L Blackhawk, 91-26321,[183] of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade,[184]Texas Army National Guard, crashed on the campus at Texas A&M University just after take-off due to tail rotor failure, killing 2nd Lt. Zachary Cook - a 2008 Texas A&M graduate and member of the Texas A&M ROTC and Aggie Corps of Cadets - and injuring four other Army personnel. The helicopter was participating in the Rudder's Rangers Annual Winter Field Training.
The pilots of a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, 06-0002, "Spirit of the Air Force", of the 16th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, distracted by a series of minor problems, neglected to lower the landing gear and belly-landed the transport in at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after dark. None of the six crew aboard was injured, but damages of $19 million were sustained by the airframe. The pilots were grounded pending a command review of the accident, an Air Mobility Command spokesman said. The automated ground proximity warning system was apparently accidentally turned off.[189] This is the first belly-landing of a C-17 in sixteen years of operation.
February
9 February
A leased Pilatus U-28A, 06-0692, with three personnel of the 319th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing on board, based at Hurlburt Field, Florida, made a gear-up landing at Craig Field (Alabama) at Selma, Alabama (formerly Craig Air Force Base) whilst performing simulated engine failure approach, breaking off the nosewheel and causing severe damage to the nosewheel strut assembly, propeller and main undercarriage doors. A board of officers will investigate the 1415 hrs. incident in which there were no injuries.[190] This accident has been classified as a Class A accident, indicating that fairly substantial damage was incurred.[191] Aircraft repaired and reported flying again by 29 April 2009.[192]
Two Grob G 115 Tutor aircraft collided above Porthcawl, South Wales killing four people. The aircraft took off from RAF St Athan shortly before. Among the dead were two female teenage cousins and two instructor pilots.[194]
18 February
A Fuerza Aérea ColombianaBasler BT-67 (Colombian Air force designation: AC-47T) intelligence-gathering aircraft of the Escuadrón de Combate Táctico 113 Avion Fantasma (ghost aircraft) crashed near the Comando Aéreo de Combate No 1 Airbase at Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The aircraft was on a training flight resulting in 5 crew fatalities.[195]
A USAFLockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, 91-4008, Raptor 07, of the 411th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, crashed in the marshy flat land 6 miles N of Harper Dry Lake near Edwards Air Force Base, California, during a weapons integration flight test mission.[200] The single-seater went down about 1000 hrs. (1300 hrs. ET) for unknown reasons, the officials said. The fighter was on a test mission when it crashed about 35 miles (56km) NE of Edwards AFB, where it was stationed, the Air Force said in a news release.[201]David Cooley, 49, a 21-year Air Force veteran who joined Lockheed Martin Corp., the aircraft's principal contractor, in 2003. Cooley, of Palmdale, was killed while flying and pronounced dead at Victor Valley Community Hospital in Victorville, California.[202] An Air Force investigation finds that the accident occurred after the pilot lost consciousness in a high-gravity maneuver. The reports stated that during the third test of the mission the pilot appeared to have been subjected to increased physiological stress and his lack of awareness delayed a recovery maneuver.[203] At 7,486ft MSL, the pilot initiated ejection outside of the seat design envelope and immediately sustained fatal injuries.[200][204]
31 March
A Polish Air ForcePZL M28 (Antonov An-28TD Bryza 1TD) crashed into trees on final approach to an airfield near Gdynia, Poland. The aircraft was a routine training flight simulating landing on one engine resulting to 4 crew fatalities.[205]
An Indonesian Air ForceFokker F27 crashed in Bandung, Indonesia killing all 24 occupants on board. The cause of the incident was said to be heavy rain.[207] The aircraft reportedly crashed into a hangar during its landing procedure and killed all on board. The casualties include: 6 crew, an instructor and 17 special forces trainee personnel.
The third flying prototype of the Sukhoi Su-35, 04 (?), was destroyed during a high-speed taxi test just before its first flight at Dzemgi Airport near Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Aircraft apparently ran off end of runway, hits obstacle, burns, destroying it. Test pilot Eugene Frolov ejected safely and was unhurt. This was actually the fourth prototype, but 03 served purely for ground testing.[211]
30 April
An Indian Air ForceSukhoi Su-30MKI crashed in the Pokhran region of Rajasthan after it took off from Pune during its routine sortie, killing one of its two pilots. This was the first crash of the Su-30MKI since its induction in the IAF.
A Venezuelan ArmyMil Mi-17 Hip helicopter crashed on a border patrol with Colombia with 17 fatalities including the Venezuelan General Domingo Faneite. The accident occurred near the town of El Alto de Rubio, in Táchira state, Venezuela.[212][213]
4 May
A Russian NavyKamovKamov Ka-27 (Helix) Helicopter landing on the Baltic Fleet Frigate Yaroslav Mudryi, the main-rotor made contact with the ship superstructure, crashed on the deck and then rolled over the side into the sea. The 5 crew from the Kamov helicopter were successfully rescued from the sea.[214]
An Indian Air ForceMikoyan MiG-27Flogger crashed shortly after take-off and the pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft. The accident occurred near the Konkani village, Jodhpur, India and resulted in injuries to 7 local villagers.[217]
15 May
A Fuerza Aérea ColombianaDassault Mirage 5COAM (FAC-3031) on a routine training flight from the Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1, crashed shortly after take-off from the Palanquero airbase, Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. The aircraft from the Escuadrón de Combate 112 suffered a technical fault, causing a fire which forced the pilot to eject from the aircraft, without him incurring injury.[218]
A Hellenic Air ForceLockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon, 93-1059, '059',[224] of the 347 Fighter Squadron based at Nea Anchialos Airforce Base crashed near the village of Michalitsi part of the Tzoumerka National Park, Ioannina, Greece. The aircraft, flying with another F-16 from the 111th Combat Wing, suffered a bird strike, and engine failure forced the pilot to eject; he survived uninjured.[225]
An Indian Air ForceAntonov An-32Cline transport aircraft crashed near a village in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh killing 13 defence personnel. The aircraft crashed over the Rinchi Hill above Heyo village, about 30km from Mechuka advance landing ground in the district located about 60km from the Indo-Chinese Line of Actual Control. Among the seven IAF men and six Army personnel on board the ill-fated aircraft were two wing commanders, two squadron leaders and a flight lieutenant.[227]
An Indian Air ForceMikoyan MiG-21Bison from the Chabua Air Force Station, Assam, India crashed due to a technical fault while on a routine training flight, the pilot successfully ejecting from the aircraft.[231]
19 June
A Russian Air ForceSukhoi Su-24MRFencer crashed near the village of Kostino-Bystrianská, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. The aircraft from the 1st Composite Air Division, North Caucasus Military District suffered a mechanical fault forcing the 2 crew to eject safely after several aborted landings. The Russian Airforce fleet of Sukhoi Su-24 was grounded for technical inspection after 2 accidents in a week.[230]
A Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado F.3 crashed near the Rest and Be Thankful beauty spot in Glen Kinglass, Arrochar, Scotland. The aircraft was on a routine training flight from No. 43 SquadronRAF Leuchars in Fife resulting in 2 crew killed in the accident. The crew were pilot Kenneth Thompson and weapons systems officer Nigel Morton.[233]
A Serbian Air ForceMiG-29 crashed while performing aerobatic manoeuvres in preparation for an upcoming airshow, killing the pilot Lt. Col. Rade Randjelovic and a soldier on the ground, while injuring another.[237]
A People's Liberation Army Air ForceXian JH-7 (FBC-1 Flying Leopard) crashed near the Taonan tactical training base in Jilin province while on a joint counter-terrorism exercises with Russia resulting in the death of 2 crew.[242]
20 July
A Royal Air ForcePanavia Tornado GR.4 operating with RAF No. 1 Squadron crashed on take-off at Kandahār International Airport in Afghanistan and the two crew members successfully eject from the aircraft.[243]
20 July
A Chilean Air ForceExtra 300L aerobatic aircraft crashed 15km south of Santiago, Chile. The pilot was seriously injured.
20 July
An IAI Kfir jet fighter crashed near the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The Israeli pilots operating the aircraft were unharmed in the incident, but the jet itself was destroyed. Israel Aerospace Industries said in a statement that the aircraft was flying a refresher flight, and that the aircraft did not come to a stop on the landing strip, landing outside it. The director of the Israel Aerospace Industries announced that an investigation into the incident had already begun and that a panel to probe the crash had been appointed.[244][245]
Two Russian Knights air display Sukhoi Su-27 jets collided whilst training, killing one pilot, Igor Tkachenko, and injuring several civilians on the ground. The accident occurred near Zhukovsky Airfield, outside of Moscow.[250]
A Belarusian Air ForceSukhoi Su-27 Flanker was lost during Radom Airshow 2009, Poland. The aircraft crashed near the Małęczyn village, outside the military air base the event took place on. No civilian was injured. There was no damage reported on the ground. The crew of two did not eject and were found dead by the rescue teams.[255]
An Indian Air ForceMikoyan MiG-21Bison from the Bhatinda Airforce Station, Punjab, India crashed due to a technical fault near the village of Muktsar-Bhatinda in the Punjab Provence, Pakistan killing the pilot.[259]
An Aeronavale test flight involving two Dassault Rafale aircraft flying back to the Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) collided in midair. The incident occurred in the Mediterranean of the coast of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France and one pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft; the second pilot was listed as missing.[264]
28 September
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) NAMC YS-11 a twin-engined turboprop transport crashed while landing at JMSDF Ozuki Air Field in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The landing in light rain, the aircraft suffered an overshoot of the runway and crashed through the airfield perimeter fence, crossing a service road and plunged nose-first into a rice field. The 11 JMSDF crew members of the aircraft were uninjured and the NAMC YS-11 aircraft suffered bent propellers.
A Libyan Air ForceMikoyan MiG-23Flogger crashed while taking part during an airshow for the Third Libyan Aviation Exhibition, LAVEX 2009 held at Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli, Libya. The aircraft travelling at low-level hit a one-storey house in the suburb of Souq Al-Jumaa in Tripoli killing the 2 crew and injuring two civilians.[269]
A United States Air ForceLockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon, 91-0365, was lost during a routine night flying exercise from the 77th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Wing, based at the Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina when it collided mid-air with F-16C 91-0364.[224] The two aircraft from the 20th Fighter Wing were training with night vision equipment and practising combat tactics when the accident occurred 40 miles (64km) east of Folly Beach, South Carolina at ~2030 hrs. The United States Coast Guard commenced a search for a missing aircraft in the North Atlantic of the coast of South Carolina while the second aircraft, piloted by Capt. Lee Bryant, despite damage was able to land at Charleston Air Force Base.[272] on 16 October, Coast Guard searchers found crash debris in the Atlantic Ocean believed to belong to the missing F-16. "The Coast Guard has found some debris in the ocean that is apparently from our missing F-16", said Robert Sexton, the Shaw Air Force Base Public Affairs chief in Sumter, South Carolina. The other pilot, Capt. Nicholas Giglio, is missing. "They have not yet found any sign of the pilot and the search continues", Mr. Sexton said. No one witnessed what happened to Captain Giglio after the collision.[273]
17 October
A United States Marine CorpsMcDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet (164729) from the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron No. 224 VMFA(AW)-224 based at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina experienced a heavy landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Duval County, Florida. The aircraft with two other Marine F/A-18 Hornet aircraft were landing at Jacksonville Airport in preparation for a flyover at the nearby NFLJacksonville Jaguars game when the aircraft experienced an airborne technical fault and the port landing-gear collapsed causing the aircraft to land only on the nose-wheel, starboard undercarriage and the exposed port-side external fuel-tank. The F/A-18 Hornet skidded down the runway with most damage occurring to the grounded external fuel-tank. The 2 Marine crew members were uninjured.[274]
An Indian Air ForceMikoyan MiG-27 flying from the Hasimara Air Force Base, Eastern Air Command crashes near New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. The aircraft on a routine training exercise suffered a technical fault and an on-board engine fire shortly after take-off. After a successful ejection the pilot parachuted into a nearby tea estate and the aircraft crashed into a nearby river bank injuring two children.[276]
29 October
A Força Aérea BrasileiraCessna 208 FAB-2725 flying from Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre to Tabatinga crash-landed in the Ituí River a small tributary of the Rio Javari, Amazonas State. The twin-engined turboprop aircraft of the 7º Esquadrão de Transporte Aéreo from Base Aérea de Manaus was transporting officials from Brazilian Ministry of Health participating in a vaccination programme when the aircraft crashed landed between the Amazonian villages of Aurelius and New River. The aircraft was later found by indigenous villagers of the region, discovering 9 survivors and 2 dead crew members.[277]
A Sri Lanka Air ForceMil Mi-24Helicopter (CH635) engaged on a training mission, crashed 5km north of Buttala(310km south-east of Colombo) at approximately 1330 HRS due to technical failure. Prior to the crash the pilot reported a power failure to the tail rotor. Pilot, Co-Pilot and 2 door gunners died in this incident.[283]
30 November
An Indian Air ForceSukhoi Su-30MKI crashed near Jethagaon in Jaisalmer of Rajasthan after it took off from Jodhpur. The crash happened while returning from a regular training mission. Both pilots were unharmed.[284]
Pakistan Air ForceDassault Mirage III fighter aircraft crashed during a training mission due to a technical fault. The pilot managed to eject safely, landing in the Durrab Lake, (Kallar Kahar) and was rescued by a boat.
Dudney, Robert S., Editor in Chief, "Editorial: Catastrophic Failure", Air Force Magazine, Arlington, Virginia, January 2008, Volume 91, Number 1, page 2.
Two airframes have been identified: 02-4452, marked 24452, apparently c/n 25493/523, ex-N84WA; and 02-5001, marked 25001, c/n 25494/611, ex-N987AN, but which has also reported carrying 98–6006, 99–6143, 00–9001, but, most usually, 02-5001. Apparently assigned to the 227th Special Operations Flight, McGuire AFB, New Jersey. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/2002.htmlArchived 23 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Cooper, Tom and Bishop, Farzad, "The nine lives of the Cat: Iran's Tomcats at War", International Air Power Review, Volume 23, AIRtime Publishing Inc., Westport, Connecticut, 2007, ISBN978-1-880588-99-4, page 126.
Moore, Mona, "Small aircraft crashes on Hurlburt runway", The Eglin Dispatch, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Friday, 11 July 2008, Volume 2, Number 28, page 6.
Moore, Mona, "Hurlburt aircraft makes hard landing", Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Tuesday 10 February 2009, Volume 63, Number 11, page B2.
United States Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report, Major General David W. Eidsaune, President, 15 July 2009, Executive Summary, page i.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, "Air Force cites 'human factors' in crash", Northwest Florida Daily News, Wednesday, 5 August 2009, Volume 63, Number 187, page A2.
Editors, "Third Su-35 Destroyed Just Before First Flight", News – Russia & CIS, Air Forces Monthly, Stamford, Lincs, UK, Number 255, June 2009, page 22.