PC_9_LOSSES

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
22nd March 1991	Iraq	Pilatus PC-9			Destroyed during War. The aircraft was abandoned following the shooting down of an Iraqi Su-22 by USAF F-15 (ZEREX 21)
						Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
8th May 1991	Australia	Pilatus PC-9/A	A23-035	CFS	Instrument Meteorological Conditions. Crashed near East Sale, Victoria
						killed	RMAF exchange officer killed
21st March 1992	RAAF	Pilatus PC-9/A	A23-055	2 FTS	Two RNZAF exchange aircrew ejected at low level after engine failure. Crashed near Albany, Western Australia			Martin-Baker
						Flt. Lt. R. J. Thacker (RNZAF), ejected 300ft., 90 kts - minor injuries	G.Capt. F. Sharp (RNZAF), ejected 300ft., 90 kts - seriously injured.	Martin-Baker
20th October 1992	Thai Air Force	Pilatus PC-9	F19-18/35/18	2FTS	Crashed at Tambon Chom Pluak, Bang Khonthi District, Samut Songkhram Province
						????	seriously injured
29th August 1993	Beech	PC-9 MkII			damaged

29th April 1998	Saudi Arabia	PC-9	4215 143		engine fire
						Steve Wilkins ejected safely		Martin-Baker
14th October 1998	Switzerland	PC-9	C-405		damaged

22nd November 1999	EIS Aircraft	PC-9/B	D-FIMT	photo paolo marcato Similiar aircraft to the one damaged D-FEMT (cn: 168) EIS Pilatus PC-9 taken 15th July 2005 LINK used with permission
				EIS Aircraft	Damaged

31st August 2000 4:30 p.m. local time	USAF	T-6A	95-3008/RA	559th FTS Randolph Air Force Base	crashed
						Pilot ejected	co-Pilot ejected
	Air Force Maj. Andy Roake, a spokesman for Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, said the crash of the T-6 Texan trainer II, a small propeller plane, occurred south of the city shortly after 4:30 p.m. local time. The pilot and co-pilot both suffered cuts and bruises, and one of the men broke an ankle. No one on the ground was injured. The single-engine plane was assigned to the 177th Flying Training Squadron from the base, Roake said. photo USAF
23rd February 2004	Thai Air Force	PC-9		2FTS

3rd March 2004	Slovenia	Pilatus PC-9	L9-52		Pilot suffered a heart attack during flight. Aircraft hit trees at low level. Crashed near the village of Spodnji Žerjavci in the region of Štajersk
						Pilot killed
3rd April 2004	USAF	Ratheon - Beech T-6A Texan II	99-3553 MY	39th Fighter Training Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga. 3rd FTS	Returning from a training mission and had just taken off from Savannah to return to Moody when the crash occurred near Savannah-Hilton Head Arpt., Ga
						Capt. Judson Brinson killed	Capt. Thomas Moore killed
11th May 2004	USAF	T-6A		559th FTS	damaged

21st December 2004	USAF	T-6A		71st FTW	damaged

Friday, 21st January 2005 10:00h	RAAF	PC-9/A	Roulette Five A23-029/5	RAAF Roulettes display team SALE RAAF AFB	Collided near the East Sale RAAF with another Pilatus PC/9-A which was damaged but Landed	Flight Lieutenant Roland “Arnie” Morscheck ejected at only 300 ft		Martin-Baker AU11A
Friday, 21st January 2005 10:00h	RAAF	Pilatus PC/9-A	Roulette 4 A23-039/4	RAAF Roulettes display team SALE RAAF AFB		Flight-Lieutenant Mark Ellis
10th September 2005	Cypriot National Guard	Pilatus PC-9	902	National Guard	Struck bell tower after erratic flight pattern 80 km off course crashed near the village of Kolossi in Cyprus			Martin-Baker Mk.11
						flight lieutenant Feraios Koulloumos killed no ejection	co-pilot Second Flight Lieutenant Fotis Constantinou killed no ejection
Thursday 15th December 2005	R.Thai AF	PC-9	F19-4/34 c/n 1	1 FTS at Khampaeng Saen	Crashed into a coconut plantation in tambon Si Muen of Damnoen Saduak district, Ratchaburi province, Thailand	Instructor Pilot Wing. Co. Arthit Thammasut ejected minor injuries.	Thanks to Steve Darke www.thai-aviation.net	Martin-Baker Mk CH11A
						Student Pilot Flt. Lt.Supat Dudwang ejected minor injuries.		Martin-Baker Mk CH11A
Thursday 30th August 2007 8:50 a.m	Thai Air Force	PC-9		1 FTS at Khampaeng Saen	crash-landed in central Thailand's province of Nakorn Pathom
						Wing Commander Wiwat Butrwang killed	Flying Officer Surapog Mongdee killed
		photo RAAF Official
Wednesday 12th October 2006	USAF	Texan T-6A			USA	Pilot ejected successfully		Martin-Baker US16LA
Wednesday 28th November 2007	USAF	T-6 Texan II			Mid Air near the Columbus Air Force Base auxiliary airfield in Shuqualak			Martin-Baker US16LA T-6
						ejected	ejected	Martin-Baker US16LA T-6
Wednesday 28th November 2007	USAF	T-6 Texan II						Martin-Baker US16LA T-6
						ejected	ejected	Martin-Baker US16LA T-6
10th March 2008	Slovenia	PC-9		Cerklje ob Krki Air Base				Martin-Baker Mk SA11A
						Pilot remained in cockpit, safe landing	Co-pilot Robert Jerina [BRZOL Letalstva] nplanned ejection	Martin-Baker Mk SA11A
	The first PC-21 prototype performed its initial flight on 1 July 2002, with test pilot Bill Tyndall at the controls. A second prototype followed on 7 June 2004, though it was lost in an accident on 13 January 2005 that killed test pilot Andy Ramseier. Two more prototypes, built up to full specification, performed their initial flights in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Thursday 20th October 2011	Botswana Defence Force BDF	Pilatus PC-7	OD ? 55?	Z7 No.7 Squadron Thebephatshwa Airbase	Routine training flight. Mid-air collision in Letlhakeng Caught fire and crashed into a two and half roomed house in the village.			Martin-Baker CH15A
						Captain Mmusi Olefile from Molepolole ejected sustained burns taken to Bokamoso hospital	IPCaptain Shepard Tamohla of Maitengwe ejected sustained burns Succumbed to his injuries 10 days after the incident on October 30th	Martin-Baker CH15A
Thursday 20th October 2011	Botswana Defence Force BDF	Pilatus PC-7	OD ? 55?	Z7 No.7 Squadron Thebephatshwa Airbase	Routine training flight. Mid-air collision in Letlhakeng. Upon collision only one aircraft caught fire. One of the planes crash landed in Letlhakeng Primary School			Martin-Baker CH15A
						Lt Michael Appie of Palapye no injuries DID HE CRASH LAND THE AIRCRAFT ? ejected, treated for shock and trauma	IP Captain Ompatile Ken Sianang of Serowe ejected died of injuries at Gaborone Bokamoso hospital	Martin-Baker CH15A
	"Aboard each aircraft were two pilots and three of them managed to eject and safely parachute to the ground while the third pilot, Captain Ompatile Sianang sustained 2^nd degree burns and later died at Bokamoso hospital." This is now contradicted by further reports in the media. It now gives the other two crew as sustaining 22nd degree burns. Further feedback suggests that Captain Sianang sustained injuries having experienced parachute problems following ejection. It is reported that his parachute caught on the tail of the other aircraft.

Operators

Angola Martin-Baker CH11A	Australia Martin-Baker AU11A 1-2	Botswana Defence Force BDF	Bulgaria Martin-Baker CH11A	Croatia Martin-Baker CH11A	Cyprus Martin-Baker CH11A	Germany Martin-Baker CH11A	Iraq Martin-Baker IQ11A
Ireland Martin-Baker CH11A	Guatemala	Malaysia Martin-Baker CH11A	Mexico	Myanmar Martin-Baker MR11A	Oman Martin-Baker CH11A	Poland Martin-Baker PL11B 1-2	Saudi Arabia Martin-Baker SA11A
Slovenia Martin-Baker SA11A	Switzerland Martin-Baker CH11A 1-2	Thailand Martin-Baker T11A	United Kingdom	USA	USAF