MiG-29

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum

Losses & Ejections

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat

April 1987	USSR	MiG-29 Fulcrum		IAP VVS GSVG	Crashed Wittstok during gunnery exercise	Pilot ejected		K-36
April 1987	USSR	MiG-29 Fulcrum		IAP VVS GSVG,	Went into spin at low altitude. Crashed Merzeburg	Pilot ejected		K-36
winter of 1987	USSR	MiG-29UB Fulcrum		Ivano-Frankivsk, airfield	Struck the ground while practising aerobatics
winter of 1987	USSR	MiG-29UB Fulcrum		Ivano-Frankivsk, airfield	Struck the ground while practising aerobatics	Major Shchebrenko killed	Panin killed
7 February 1989	USSR	MiG-29		968-th IAP	near air base Ross breakage of tail section in flight	pilot ejected safely
8th June 1989	USSR	MiG 29A Fulcrum				Test Pilot Anatoly Kvotchur ejected safely		K-36
8th June 1989	USSR	MiG 29A Fulcrum			crashed during display routine at the Paris Air Salon	Test Pilot Anatoly Kvotchur ejected safely		K-36
2nd May 1992	Yugoslav AF	MiG29 Fulcrum			Shot down by SAM which hit the aircraft engine after a 4 km chase. Crashed near Slavonski Brod	Pilot ejected but badly burned by flames in the cockpit. Captured on landing.		K-36
6th July 1992	Romania	Mig-29UB Fulcrum	N50903016229 29					K-36
16th September 1992	CIS AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum			Crashed near Parchim, Germany	pilot ejected safely		K-36
24th July 1993	Russian AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum 526, c/n 25887	collided in mid-air at IAT Fairford.			Pilot ejected	pilots Alexander Beschastonov and Sergey Tresvyatsky Air show IAT Fairford.	K-36
24th July 1993	Russian AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum	925, c/n 15564			Pilot ejected		K-36
30th August 1993	Russian AF	MiG-29UB	68	from Kuschovskaya	crashed near Krasnodar, southern Russia			K-36
30th August 1993	Russian AF	MiG-29UB	68	from Kuschovskaya	crashed near Krasnodar, southern Russia	Russian instructor Alexander Tarasov ejected [see also Thursday 19th June 2003]	Hungarian AF pilot Captain László Bodrozsán ejected	K-36
15th September 1993	Russian AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum			Engine failure. Crashed in a field near Tetschendorf, Wittstock district, Eastern Germany	pilot ejected safely at 1,500ft.		K-36
1st March 1994	Romania	Mig-29 9-12 Fulcrum	32041 41					K-36
29th September 1994 16:30	Bulgarian A.F.	MiG-29	3238.	Ravnec airbase	Routine practice flight. Crashed near the airfield, Bourgas	Colonel Ivan Daev killed		K-36
	The second International Aerospace Salon 95 (MEZHDUNARODNY AVIATSIONNO - KOSMICHESKY SALON - MAKS 95) took place over the period 22-27 August 1995 at Zhukovsky, some 45km south of Moscow. Summer 1995 MAPO Test Pilot S. N. Shaposhnikov killed in crash of MiG-29 while practising for a show in South Africa CHECK DETAILS
22 August 1995	Russian AF	MiG-29			In Russia, crashed, when it was landing, after a training sortie.	Pilot KIA
4th March 1996 12:25h	Russian AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum			collided in mid-air over the Trans-Baikal territory, Chita	Major Yershov ejected		K-36
4th March 1996 12:25h	Russian AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum			collided in mid-air over the Trans-Baikal territory, Chita	Capt. Tyapkov ejected		K-36
26th June 1996	German AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum	JG.73		Crashed near the town of Dargun, Northern Germany	pilot ejected safely		K-36
21st January 1997	Indian A. F.	MiG-29	KB-738	28 Sqdn		Air Cmde C D Chandrasekhar*		K-36
1997	Peruvian Air Force	MiG-29 or Mirage ??			Chiclayo	??
23rd July 1998	Hungarian AF	Mig 29	"17"	59th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kecskemét	crashed during a display over the airbase	Lt.Col Zsolt Rácz died
Friday 4th September 1998	Royal Malaysian Air Force	MiG-29N		No. 19 Squadron	crashed in a secondary forest in Kuantan in Kampung Jaya Gading shortly after taking	Mej Mohamad Fauzi Salleh ejected safely. Rescued by Nuri S-61 helicopter		K-36
25th September 1998	Russian AF	MiG-29 Fulcrum	aircraft No.36	120th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Domna airbase		Captain V. V. Egorov killed
24th March 1999	New Yugoslav Air Force	MiG-29B Fulcrum		127 FS	Dutch F-16AM J-063	Lt. Colonel Milorad Milutinovic 'Grof' ejected		K-36
24th March 1999	New Yugoslav Air Force	MiG-29B Fulcrum	18112	127 FS	F-15C	Major Ilje Arizanov ejected		K-36
24th March 1999	New Yugoslav Air Force	MiG-29B	Serial 18104		heavy landing at Slatian AFB	Lt Colonel Dragan ILIC		No ejection
24th March 1999	New Yugoslav Air Force	MiG-29B Fulcrum	(serial 18111)	127 FS	Shot down by F-15C. The aircraft crashed in Knicanin, near the town of Titel in the Vojvodina province	Major Nebojsa Nikolic ejected		K-36
25th March 1999	New Yugoslav Air Force	MiG-29B Fulcrum	serial 18110	127 FS	Shot down near Ponikve	Major Slobodan Tesanovic ejected		K-36
25th March 1999	New Yugoslav Air Force	MiG-29B Fulcrum	serial 18113	127 FS	Shot down near Bjeljina (Bosnia)	Captain Zoran Radosavljević ejected – did not survive		K-36
6 August 1999	IAF	MiG-29			crashed, after it caught fire in mid-air	Pilot KIA
5th September 1999	Bulgarian A.F.	MiG-29	31	Ravnetc AB	Overran runway during landing at an airport in Plovdiv in preparation for airshow BIAF 99 due to malfunction of the brake system. Aircraft flew again a few hours later	Major Ilia Milushev no ejection
December 2000	Peruvian Air Force	MiG-29				??		K-36
14th March 2001	Peruvian Air Force	MiG-29	FAP 031		Chiclayo, 660 Km northeast from Lima, the capital of Peru	Ricardo Garcia,		K-36
Thursday 22nd March 2001 16:00 local time	Russian Air Force	MiG-29UB			one of the engines of the aircraft malfunctioned during the training flight crashed in Astrakhan Province	ejected safely and picked up by Search and Rescue Service 10 minutes later		K-36
Thursday 22nd March 2001 16:00 local time	Russian Air Force	MiG-29UB				ejected safely and picked up by Search and Rescue Service 10 minutes later		K-36
14th September 2001	Syrian Air Force	MiG-29			shot down by IDF/AF F-15 using AIM while intercepting IDF/AF reconnaissance aircraft flying along the Lebanese and Syrian coast	Maj. Arshad Midhat Mubarak ejected safely and recovered by Syrian ships		K-36
14th September 2001	Syrian Air Force	MiG-29			shot down by IDF/AF F-15 using AIM while intercepting IDF/AF reconnaissance aircraft flying along the Lebanese and Syrian coast	Capt. Ahmad al-Khatab ejected safely and recovered by Syrian ships		K-36
20th April 2002	IAF	MiG 29		Darrang district in lower Assam,	went missing when it was flying over Darrang district
20th April 2002	IAF	MiG 29		Darrang district in lower Assam,	went missing when it was flying over Darrang district	Squadron Leader Khan missing	Flying Officer Tahiya missing
6th November 2002	Slovak AF				during a night-flight exercise by Slovak army pilots collided in midair. Crashed near the eastern town of Spisska Nova Ves between the villages of Hnilčík and Spišské Tomášovce in the east of the country	Pilot Martin Hronec ejected successfully, not seriously injured Pilot Marián Katuška killed - ejection sequence started but did not have time to complete who was in which aircraft??	Martin Hronec	K-36
6th November 2002	Slovak AF	Mig-29	6829	1SLK			Martin Hronec	K-36
6th November 2002	Slovak AF	Mig-29	6930	1SLK
Thursday 19th June 2003 7:42	Russian AF	MiG-29UB		Armavir aviation garrison, the Krasnodar territory, southern Russia	training flight - crew taken to the Armavir garrison's hospital.			K-36
Thursday 19th June 2003 7:42	Russian AF	MiG-29UB				Russian instructor Alexander Tarasov ejected [see also 30th August 1993]	Sergei Shapovalov	K-36
12 November 2003	Russian Air Force	MiG-29			Crashed, into a mountain in Armenia	Pilot Major Konstantin Kardash killed
Thursday 4th December 2003 12:43 hours (local time)	IAF	MIG-29		Adampur air-base	aircraft developed some problem during routine flying crashed near Adampur in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, 25 kilometres south-east of the Adampur air-base	P. J. Mohammed ejected		K-36
Tuesday 9th November 2004 10.22am	Royal Malaysian Air Force	MiG-29N Fulcrum		19th Squadron Kuantan airbase	One engine caught fire in mid-air. Crashed 16 nautical miles north west of the of the air base at the Ketengah Perwira oil palm plantation in Kemaman, Terengganu	pilot Mejar Fajim Jusfar Mohd Mustafa ejected safely - suspended in tree for over four hours - rescued next day		K-36
Wednesday 11th May 2005 in afternoon	Hungarian Air Force	MiG-29		Hungary	Kecskemét, Hungary	Capt. Zoltán Szabó ejected OK		K-36
Thursday 12th May 2005	Russian Air Force	MiG-29	31		Crashed near Andreapol airbase, Tver region	Major Valery Gusev killed		K-36
Sunday 3rd July 2005	Yemeni	MiG-29	?	?	north of capital near Emran, Yemen	Mohammed Thabet Dareem ejected after engine malfunction		K-36
28th August 2005	Yemen Air Force	MiG-29
Thursday 8th June 2006 12.10 p.m	IAF	photo MOD India A MiG-29UB Trainer similar to this was lost - both crew ejected safely			During a routine sortie from Bhuj crashed on the uninhabited Pirotan island, 40 km off the coast of Jamnagaran	via jagan	photo requested	K-36
Thursday 8th June 2006 12.10 p.m	IAF	MiG-29 UB Trainer	???	28 Squadron Bhuj Air Force Base, Gujarat CONFIRM ??? MORE DETAILS ???		Wing Commander A. Nautiyal - Ejected safely over the sea and rescued - admitted to a local hospital for treatment	Squadron Leader N. K. Mahal- Ejected safely over the sea and rescued - admitted to a local hospital for treatment	K-36
Thursday 27th July 2006 15:16 Moscow time	all images via official "Strizhi" website			Technical failure after multiple bird strike. On a routine flight from Kubinka in the Moscow Region to Tyumen, east of the Urals. Crashed on takeoff from Bolshoye Savino Airport where the team had landed for refueling. in the Perm Territory in the Urals				K-36
Thursday 27th July 2006 15:16 Moscow time	Russia	MiG-29UB Fulcrum	No. 1 Strizhi "Swifts" aerobatic team 237th demonstration centre			ADC Navigator Guards, Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Kurilenko ejected and hospitalized with a broken / dislocated leg CAN ANYONE CONFIRM NAME also seen as "Igor" and "Nikolay"	Pilot Nikolay Dyatel, leader of Strizhi (Swifts) Aerobatic Team, ejected	K-36
Thursday 28th September 2006 around 3.20 p.m.	IAF	MiG-29	KB3299	SQUADRON ??? Ambala airbase Sources: India News Media	Possible bird strike. Pilot reported an engine problem while preparing to land. Crashed in the fields near Sadhopur village about 12 km from the air force base near Ambala city in India's northern state of Haryana	Pilot V Naik being bailed out of MiG-29, which crashed in Ambala on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Neeraj Chopra Pilot Squadron Leader V. Naik ejected and taken to a military hospital for first-aid		K-36
Tuesday 21st November 2006 7.45 pm (IST)	IAF	MiG-29		Jamnagar airbase	routine night sortie, crashed soon after take off near Jamnagar airbase in the vicinity of Sarmat village for a	pilot ejected some minor injuries taken to the IAF hospital for treatment		K-36
7th March 2007	Yemen Air Force	MIG-29			Emergency crash landing on an unpaved runway in Saada, some 230 kilometres north of the capital Sana'a, Burst into flames on ground	Pilot sustained some injuries but escaped from crashed aircraft		no ejection
7th March 2007	Yemen Air Force	MIG-29				Pilot sustained some injuries but escaped from crashed aircraft		no ejection
Wednesday 21st March 2007 afternoon	Russian A.F.	MiG-29 Fulcrum		Dalmatinka Air Garrison, Millerovo Can anyone confirm that the aircraft were from the 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment ???	On third day of training exercises, collided near the Millerovo, on the edge of Maryevka village, airfield 220 kilometers (130 miles) north of the regional center, Rostov-on-Don, in the Rostov Region in southern Russia. Both pilots were recovered by Mi-8 rescue helicopters and taken to a military hospital at the Millerovo airfield.			K-36
Wednesday 21st March 2007 afternoon	Russian A.F.	MiG-29 Fulcrum				Major Denis Chirkin ejected, sustained minor facial lacerations, landed near Dyagtevo village	Lieutenant Colonel Fakhradin Ulfanov ejected, sustained minor facial lacerations and lost some teeth, landed seven km away from Major Chirkin	K-36
	Next one: 2 aircrafts collided in 2007, and the names of the pilots are not exactly correct: Major Dmitry Chirkin was not Dmitry but Major Denis Chirkin, his father was a cosmonaut, but he never been is space. The other pilots first name was and not Fedor! (Ther are also mistakes in the "Russian" and 2007 lists)
Tuesday 8th May 2007 16:00h	IAF	MiG-29		Adampur air base, Punjab	Crashed on take off on a routine training sortie from the air base in Punjab. No ground casualties	pilot Lt. Commander Vikram Chauhan [on attachment from Indian Navy] ejected safely		K-36
Monday 11th June 2007 10:40h	Algerian	MiG-29		193e Escadron de Chasse ??? Bousfer Air Base	Crashed into a wheat field close to Sidi Bakhti near Aïn Karma, Oran, in the west of Algeria burning surrounding vegetation. The area was quickly sealed off by security forces.	Pilot ejected landing safely in an olive grove		K-36
Monday 11th June 2007 10:40h	THIS LOSS DID NOT HAPPEN See Algerian Losses Page - Details of this loss are confused
Tuesday 29th January 2008 12:00 Moscow time	Azerbijan AF	MiG-29			Crashed in the Caspian sea 60 kilometres off shore
Tuesday 29th January 2008 12:00 Moscow time	Azerbijan AF	MiG-29			Crashed in the Caspian sea 60 kilometres off shore	Fakhraddin Asgarov died in the accident	Afgan Aslanov died in the accident
Tuesday 12th February 2008	Kazakstan Air Force	MiG-29U ??		Almaty Air Base	Training flight. crashed near Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty.			K-36
Tuesday 12th February 2008	Kazakstan Air Force	MiG-29U ??		Almaty Air Base		Pilot Maj. Aleksandr Leonidovich Kovyazin ejected killed	Co-pilot Lt. Col. Vitaliy Emilevich Dilmukhamedov ejected OK	K-36

Thursday 17th April 2008 in afternoon 15:52	Hungarian Air Force	MiG-29	15	photo MTI			Major Zoltán "Peszke" Peszeki ejected	K-36
Thursday 17th April 2008 in afternoon 15:52	Hungarian Air Force	MiG-29	15	59th TFW Kecskemét, Hungary	During a low approach manuever the aircraft hit the ground at Kecskemét, slid across the main road near the airbase and burnt out		Major Zoltán "Peszke" Peszeki ejected	K-36