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*12 January - A [[UH-60 Blackhawk]] of the Texas Army National Guard crashes on the campus at [[Texas A&M University]] just after take-off, killing Zachary Cook, 2008 Texas A&M graduate, 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.
*12 January - A [[UH-60 Blackhawk]] of the Texas Army National Guard crashes on the campus at [[Texas A&M University]] just after take-off, killing Zachary Cook, 2008 Texas A&M graduate, 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.
*9 February - A leased [[PC-12]] with three personnel of the [[1st Special Operations Wing]] on board, based at [[Hurlburt Field]], Florida makes a gear-up landing at a civilian airfield at [[Selma, Alabama]]. A board of officers will investigate the 1415 hrs. incident in which there were no injuries. <ref> 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.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:49, 10 February 2009

This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. For more exhaustive lists, see the Aircraft Crash Record Office or the Air Safety Network.

See also: List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, pre-1950
See also: List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, 1950-1974
See also: List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, 1975-1999

2000

2001

File:EP-3 Hainan 2001.jpg
The EP-3E Aries II on the ground on Hainan Island on 2 April 2001. Photo from the Xinhua News Agency.

2002

  • 21 February – A Russian Navy Antonov An-26, 07 Red, crashes one mile (1.5 km.) short of runway at Lakhta Airfield, near Archangelsk, northern Russia, during an emergency landing. Of the 20 people on board, 17 were killed.[11]
  • 9 March - A Portuguese Air Force F-16 crashes in Monte Real, Portugal, while practicing acrobatic maneuvers, killing the pilot.
  • 3 May - An Indian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot ejects after takeoff, with the aircraft crashing into a Jalandhar bank building, killing eight on the ground (see 2002 Jalandhar India MiG-21 crash).
  • 2 June – An Angolan Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in poor weather killing 20 of the 25 on board. Among those on board were top military officials that were going to attend a disarmament ceremony by UNITA rebels.
  • 27 July – A Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB Tragedy at Lviv airshow. During the airshow an Su-27 crashed on the ground killing 85 spectators, 5 of them children. 199 were injured. Pilots managed to eject, but the plane crashed on spectators watching the airshow from the ground. The plane lacked the altitude to escape the crash, and it hit the tribune and fell on the ground. As stated by Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the crash was caused because of engine failure. Pilots, unit commanders later jailed. Footage of this accident is widely available on the web.
  • 19 August – A Russian Air Force Mil Mi-26 Halo helicopter was shot down by Chechen rebels using a portable SAM, probably an Igla, in Khankala, Russia. Of the 152 on board, 118 were killed.[12]
  • 3 October - United States Navy F-14A-135-GR Tomcat, BuNo 162594, 'AD 136/36', of VF-101, suffers dual compressor stalls, both engines shut down, during routine training flight, crashing in the Gulf of Mexico on mission out of NAS Key West, Florida. Pilot Lt. Dave "Hound" Bassett and instructor RIO Lt. Craig "Ike" Turner eject safely at 5,000 feet and were rescued with only minor injuries by a UH-3 Sea King helicopter. On 5 May 2006, one of this Tomcat's tailfins was discovered on isolated beach W of Cork, Ireland, having floated 4,900 miles (7,900 km.) across the Atlantic. This was the sixteenth and last Tomcat lost by VF-101 during 30 years of operation.[13]

2003

2004

  • 23 March - First prototype Boeing X-50A Dragonfly Canard Rotor/Wing crashed at the United States Army Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona, during its third hover test flight. It had made its first flight on 4 December 2003.[19]
  • 21 June - F-14A Tomcat of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, flown by Capt. Darioush Yavari and Col. Ali Abou Ataa, crashes on approach to Shahid Baba'ie Air Base when Yavari, an experienced F-5 pilot qualifying on the F-14, misjudges his sink rate during a no-flaps landing, undercarriage strikes runway with enough force to flip the Tomcat onto its back, killing both crew. Cause is found to be premature rush to put pilot in the cockpit without completing simulator course. Commanding officer of TFB.8, Gen. Ahmad Mieghani (himself a former F-5 pilot) resigns, but investigative commission reinstates him, recognizing the true source of the problem.[20]
  • 21 July - Two USMC F/A-18 Hornets of VMFA-134, 3rd Marine Air Wing, based at MCAS Miramar, California, suffer mid-air collision over the Columbia River, 120 miles 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',[21] coming down in the river. Maj. Craig Barden, 38, ejects from F/A-18A, BuNo 163097, 'MF-04',[22] landing nearby on a hillside W of Arlington, Oregon, and is taken to Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, suffering minor injuries. [23] All three crew eject but only two parachutes open. 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 planes were on a low-altitude training exercise.[24]
  • 24 August — A Venezuelan Air Force Shorts 360 crashes near Maracay, Venezuela, killing all 25 on board.
  • 9 September — A low-flying British Army Lynx AH Mk.9 helicopter, ZE382, of 661 Squadron, was caught in high-voltage electric wires during an Anglo-Czech joint military training exercise near the village Kuroslepy (near Brno). All six persons on board died.[25]
  • 11 September — A Hellenic Army CH-47SD Chinook, EZ-916, of 4 TEAS, ditches into the Aegean Sea off Mount Athos, Greece around 1056 hrs. killing all 17 on board. Among those killed was Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria. [26][27]
  • 26 November - USMC MV-22B, BuNo 165838, lost a substantial 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.[28]
  • 2 December — The pilot of a Blue Angels F/A-18, BuNo 161956, ejects 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 Forces CT-114 Tutors 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 WW 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.[29]
  • 20 December - An F-22 Raptor 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.

2005

2006

2007

2008

  • 12 January – A Macedonian Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter crashes near Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, killing all 11 soldiers on board.
  • 23 January - A Polish military airplane EADS CASA C-295, '019', c/n S-043, crashed in forested area near Polish city Miroslawiec killing all 20 people aboard - 16 Polish Air Force officers (incl. one general and six colonels) and 4 crew.[44]
  • 28 January - A Portuguese Air Force F-16 crashes in Monte Real, Portugal while performing a test run after going through extensive maintenance. The pilot safely ejected.
  • 20 February - Two F-15C Eagles of the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Florida, collide over the Gulf of Mexico south of Tyndall AFB, Florida, killing 1st Lt. Ali Jivanjee. Capt. Tucker Hamilton ejected from the other fighter and survived. 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. [45]
  • 23 February - A B-2A Spirit, 89-0127, 'WM', "Spirit of Kansas", of the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri, crashed shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Both pilots ejected from the plane before it crashed, the aircraft was destroyed. Moisture in flight sensors caused steep pitch-up and stall to port. See also 2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 crash.
  • 3 March - An Iraqi Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in a dust storm near Bayji, 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. [46]
  • 7 March - Failure of a brake metering valve causes a B-1B bomber of the 28th Bomb Wing to roll forward into two rescue vehicles after engine shutdown at Andersen AFB, Guam, Air Combat Command said 3 September 2008. Damage to the B-1B and the two vehicles totaled $5.8 million. [47] 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. [48]
  • 14 March - An F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by pilot 2nd. Lt. David J. Mitchell, 26, of Amherst, Ohio, crashes during training mission in a remote area three miles S of Alamo Lake, Arizona. His body is located in a ravine near the aircraft wreckage. Mitchell, of the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo Express Airport, Swanton, Ohio, was assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, Arizona since November 2007 as a student pilot. He had 237 total flying hours, ~26 in the F-16. [49]
  • 4 April - A USAF B-1B, 86-0116, of the 28th Bomb Wing, suffers hydraulic failure while taxiing after landing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, veering off runway and catching fire. Four crew evacuate safely but airframe is burnt out after bomb load explodes. [50]
  • 21 May - A Serbian Air Force single-seat 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 Base Lađevci. The flight went well until 1130 hours local time when pilot Major Janik experienced problems with his plane and was forced to eject. The aircraft went down in the vicinity of the village Baranda and was completely destroyed. [51]
  • 13 June - Two United States Navy jets collided over the NAS Fallon, Nevada high desert training range, killing a pilot of the F/A-18C based at NAS Oceana, Virginia. Two crew aboard the F-5 Tiger ejected safely and were rescued.
  • 21 July - A U.S. Air Force B-52H-155-BW Stratofortress, 60-0053, c/n 464-418, "Louisiana Fire", crashed into the Pacific Ocean approximately 25 nautical miles (46 km) northwest of Apra Harbor, Guam,[52] after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base.[53] The aircraft was about to participate in a flyover for the Liberation Day parade in Hagåtña when it crashed at 9:45 AM ChST (2345 UTC), 15 minutes before the parade was scheduled to start. There were no survivors.
  • 30 July - A U.S. Air Force F-15D Eagle, 85-0131, crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range ~50 miles 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 [54] 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.[55][56]
  • 24 September - A Serbian Air Force 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) unfortunately did not survive the crash. Kanas was a top Serbian test pilot and member of the private aerobatics team and former memebr of Leteće Zvezde aerobatics team, officials say he was practicing for a upcoming Belgrade 2008 airshow. He was a father of two.[57][58] This is the second G-4 Super Galeb ever to crash with tragic consequences after 21 years.[59]
  • 8 December - A USMC F/A-18D crashed into a neighborhood, University City, coming down two miles west of MCAS Miramar, California, just after the Marine pilot, Lieutenant Dan Neubauer, from VMFAT-101,[60] ejected. Four fatalities on the ground. The Hornet was being flown from the USS Abraham Lincoln.

2009

  • 12 January - A UH-60 Blackhawk of the Texas Army National Guard crashes on the campus at Texas A&M University just after take-off, killing Zachary Cook, 2008 Texas A&M graduate, 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.
  • 9 February - A leased PC-12 with three personnel of the 1st Special Operations Wing on board, based at Hurlburt Field, Florida makes a gear-up landing at a civilian airfield at Selma, Alabama. A board of officers will investigate the 1415 hrs. incident in which there were no injuries. [61]

See also

External links

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