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January

2002_01_04_IAF_MiG_25

JALANDHAR: A MiG 25 aircraft on Friday crashed after colliding with a vehicle on the runway while landing at the Adampur Air Force Station near here, killing one person, official sources said. DATE ???

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

2^nd January 2002	Malaysian AF	Pilatus PC-7 Mk II			South China Sea Technical Problems	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
Friday 4th January 2002 4 p.m	IAF	MiG-25		Adampur Air Force Station	in collision with air force vehicle on runway while landing at Adampur.	Sq Ldr Bhullar was injured but managed to ejected		KM-1
8^th January 2002	Belgian AF	Lockheed Martin F‑16C			Wijchmaal-Peer, Belgium	Ejected		ACES II
10^th January 2002	Turkish AF	F-4 Phantom II				Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
10^th January 2002	Turkish AF	F-4 Phantom II				RIO ejected		Martin-Baker
10^th January 2002	Turkish AF	F-4 Phantom II				Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
10^th January 2002	Turkish AF	F-4 Phantom II				RIO ejected		Martin-Baker
10^th January 2002	USAF	Lockheed Martin F‑16C	83‑7133 AC	119th FS NJ ANG	pilot suffered from spatial disorientation nr Garden State Parkway, in Bass River State Forest Pine Barrens. NE of Atlantic City IAP, NJ, USA , NJ USA	Pilot ejected		ACES II
14^th January 2002	Kuwaiti AF	BAE System Hawk 65A			Ali Al Salim AB, technical fault	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
16th January 2002	USN	Boeing F/A-18 Hornet	162868 AF 300	Reserve Squadron VFA-203 Atlanta Naval Air Station	Landing gear failure due to faulty axle. Skidded on landing at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport . Savannah, Georgia, USA exploded and caught fire about 260 feet from the runway	Lt. Ron Hartman ejected at very low level		Martin-Baker
17th January 2002	Pakistan Air Force (PAF)	A-5		26 Sqd	took off from Murid Airbase at 11:00a.m. Crashed near Chakwal after developing a problem	pilot ejected at low level but was killed when he hit the tree immediately afterwards.		Martin-Baker PKD10 zero/zero seat
17th January 2002	USAF	OA‑10A	8O‑0233 DM	354th FS/355th W	collided with A‑10A 79‑0085 18.5 miles east of Douglas, AZ, USA	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
23^rd January 2002	Malaysian AF	Aermacchi MB339A			Pulau Tiga Island, one of the man-made islands in the Sultan Azlan Shah hydroelectric dam lake in Kenering Malaya (a security area)	pilot instructor ejected, recovered by a Nuri helicopter and taken to RMAF base in Butterworth		Martin-Baker
23^rd January 2002	Malaysian AF	Aermacchi MB339A				trainee fighter pilot ejected, recovered by a Nuri helicopter and taken to RMAF base in Butterworth		Martin-Baker

February

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
5^th February 2002	Saudi Arabian AF	BAE System Hawk 65A		Tabuk AB	Mid‑air collision during formation flying	Pilots ejected		Martin-Baker
5^th February 2002	Saudi Arabian AF					Pilots ejected		Martin-Baker
7^th February 2002	Pakistan AF	Chengdu F‑7P			on a solo training flight crashed in southern part of Sindh near Mirpurkhas, Pakistan	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
12th February 2002 12h00	French AF	Dassault Mirage 2000B	n°511 / 5-OR of EC 2/5 "Ile de France"	Orange AB, France.	Training session for solo displaying. Crashed at the end of the runway Orange AB, France.	Cne Pascal C... ejected safely		Martin-Baker
12th February 2002 12h00	French AF	Dassault Mirage 2000B	n°511 / 5-OR of EC 2/5 "Ile de France"	Orange AB, France.		Cne Rudolphe "Brutus" Brun ejected safely		Martin-Baker
17^th February 2002	USMC	Boeing F/A-18D	164872 BM 04	VMFA(AW)‑533 MCAS Twenty‑Nine Palms, CA, USA	Landing accident	Ejected OK		Martin-Baker
17^th February 2002	USMC	Boeing F/A-18D	164872 BM 04	VMFA(AW)‑533 MCAS Twenty‑Nine Palms, CA, USA	Landing accident	Ejected – died of injuries		Martin-Baker
29^th February 2002	RAF	BAE Systems Hawk T1	XX352	RAF Valley	Birdstrike [herring gull] near Valley, Anglesey. Crashed onto farmland and was totally destroyed	Pilot ejected and taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital Bangor, suffered back injuries		Martin-Baker

March

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
2nd March 2002	USN	F-14 Tomcat		(VF) 143 based at Naval Air Station Oceana USS John F. Kennedy	crashed in the Mediterranean Sea after launching from USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)	(Pilot) Lt. Cmdr. Christopher M. Blaschum ejected but died of injuries		Martin-Baker
2nd March 2002	USN	F-14 Tomcat				(RIO), Lt. j.g. Rafe Wysham ejected safely		Martin-Baker
3^rd March 2002	Italian Navy	Boeing / BAE AV-8B			Control p[roblems during practice landing, Grottaglio, Italy	Pilot ejected		Stencel
7th March 2002	USMC	AV‑88	163855 WE	VMA‑214 USS Tarawa	crashed into the water off San Diego, CA, USA	pilot ejected safely		Stencel
15th March 2002	USN	F/A‑18A 51	762887	NSAWC	crashed into the ground during ACM nearClan Alpine, NE of NAS Fallon, NV, USA	pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
18th March 2002	Pakistan Air Force (PAF)	Shenyang F‑6			crashed during a training flight near Quetta Baluchistan, Pakistan	pilot ejected safely but sustained some minor injuries		Martin-Baker
26^th March 2002 ??	Italian AF	Lockheed F-104			Engine failure near Grosseto, Italy	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
Monday 26th March 2002	Pakistan Air Force (PAF)	Chengdu F-7P			Technical fault. Attempted landing failed. Crashed 16km south of Multan five minutes after the plane took off from its base during a training mission	flight lieutenant Naveed Ahmed ejected safely.		Martin-Baker
26^th March 2002	Romanian AF	MiG-21 Lancer			Engine failure, Sandulesti, Cluj, Romania	Pilot ejected safely		KM-1
26^th March 2002	Russian AF	Su-27			Near Vladivostok, Russia	Pilot ejected safely		K-36

April

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
2nd April 2002	USMC	AV-8 Harrier		Cherry Point VMA-231 assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit	plane crashed into the Persian Gulf while attempting a landing on the USS Nassau	Capt. Andrew Diviney ejected safely during his during a night training mission		Stencel
5^th April 2002	Pakistan AF	fighter			Pindi Gheb, Pakistan	Pilot ejected safely
5^th April 2002	Indian AF	Mikoyan MiG‑21 bis			Jhelu Gagari, Jodhpur, India	Pilot ejected safely		KM-1
11^th April 2002	French AF	Dassault / Dornier Alpha Jet		"Patrouille de France"	Aerobatic team practice, Salon-de-Provence AB, France	Pilot ejected but parachute failed to deploy correctly and he was killed
15^th April 2002	Italian AF	AMX			Engine failure Istrana, Italy	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
15th April 2002 11:29 a.m. approximately	USAF	Lockheed Martin F‑16CJ	92‑3919 WW	Misawa Air Base	Engine problem approximately 15 minutes into flying a mission-qualification training upgrade mission. Crashed into the sea off Aomori Prefecture 1.6 miles northeast of the town of Tanosawa, Japan.	Maj. Chad Miller, ejected with minor injuries		ACES II
20th April 2002	Indian Air Force	MiG 29		Darrang district in lower Assam,	went missing when it was flying over Darrang district
20th April 2002	Indian Air Force	MiG 29		Darrang district in lower Assam,	went missing when it was flying over Darrang district	Squadron Leader Khan missing	Flying Officer Tahiya missing
20th April 2002	USN	F‑4S	755749	NWTS‑PM	Engine problems during break for landing at air show Ventura County, CA, USA	one crewmember ejected but landed in middle of fireball of crash - fatal		Martin-Baker
24^th April 2002	Belgian AF	Lockheed Martin F‑16B			Mid‑air collision with ultralight aircraft Sellingen, Belgium	Ejected OK		ACES II
24^th April 2002	Belgian AF	Lockheed Martin F‑16B				???		ACES II
27th April 2002	Afghan Air Force	MiG-21		Problem with the aircraft began to the east of the city over Pul-i-Charkhi. Crashed on the outskirts of Kabul	practising for the Sunday parade to mark the 10th anniversary of the end of communist rule	Afghan pilot ejected but killed his parachute failed to open		KM-1

May

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
7^th May 2002	Thai AF	DassaulUDornier AIPha Jet			Climbed from take‑off to 300ft in bad weathere Nong Bua LamPhu Province, Thailand	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
9^th May 2002	Indian AF	Sepecat Jaguar			Ambala, India	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
Wednesday 15^th May 2002	German AF	Panavia Tornado			Crashed in mountains while operating out of Holloman AFB tactical training centre New Mexico, USA	One crewmember ejected safely		Martin-Baker
Friday 17th May 2002	Royal Air Force	Tornado GR4	serial ???	No. 2 (AC) Sqn RAF Marham in Norfolk	crashed in the river Humber	Pilot ejected safely	???	Martin-Baker
						Navigator ejected safely	???	Martin-Baker
						After completing medical checks they were released home. Both returned to work
29^th May 2002	Singaporean AF	Lockheed Martin F-16C	96‑5027 LF	425th FS/56th FW Luke AFB, Ariz	Tohono O'odham Nation reservation, Sells Military Operating Area (MOA), Barry M Goldwater range, South west Arizona, USA	American Pilot Maj. David Walker ejected OK		ACES II

June

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
2nd June 2002	Private Ownership	L-39 jet		Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire UK	brakes failed on his plane as he landed at Duxford airfield and came to stop on southbound carriageway of the M11 motorway	instructor pilot did not attempt ejection. Survived
2nd June 2002	Private Ownership	L-39 jet		Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire UK		trainee pilot Gary Clark ejected at ground level, out of ejection envelope, and died of his injuries		VS-1
5^th June 2002	Polish AF	PZL PZL‑130TC1		Haldwara AB	Engine failure on approach to land Radom, Poland	Ejected OK
5^th June 2002	Polish AF	PZL PZL‑130TC1		Haldwara AB	Engine failure on approach to land Radom, Poland	Ejected OK
6th June 2002	USN	F/A‑18A	162891	NSAWC	crashed into the ground during 1v1 ACM, 10 M NW of Gabbs, Smith Creek Valley, SE of NAS Fallon, NV, USA	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
22nd June 2002	USMC	AV‑8B	164561 CG	VMA‑231 assigned to the 24th MEU	crashed into Onslow Bay S of Camp Leleune. NC, USA during a training mission	Pilot ejected		Stencil
26^th June 2002 7.30 am	Indian AF	Mikoyan MiG‑23BN		Halwara Air Force base	crashed n a field near Jagraon soon after take off from Haldwara AB Talwandi Malhian, Punjab, India	Pilot Flt Lt Bharat Kumar ejected suffered minor injuries		KM-1
27^th June 2002	Iranian AF				Nr Gulf coast, Iran	Ejected OK
27^th June 2002	Iranian AF				Nr Gulf coast, Iran	Ejected OK

July

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
8^th July 2002	USN	Grumman F‑14B	161429 AD	VF‑101	Virginia Capes,Ops Area, VA, USA	Pilot ejected OK and picked up from the sea		Martin-Baker
8^th July 2002	USN	Grumman F‑14B	161429 AD	VF‑101	Virginia Capes,Ops Area, VA, USA	RIO ejected OK picked up from the sea		Martin-Baker
Monday 15th July 2002	IAF	Mig-21		Bagdogra	caught fire in flight and crashed into a jute field nto a pond in a sparsely-populated village at Rabbhita, Phansidewa, in Darjeeling district about 15 km from Siliguri. Crew ejected safely at Baraijote, about a kilometre from the crash site	Squadron Leader R D Hem Raj ejected - minor injuries
Monday 15th July 2002	IAF	Mig-21		Bagdogra		Flying Officer AK Singh ejected - minor injuries
21st [or 22nd?]July 2002	USMC	AV-8B Harrier	164124 CG	VMA‑231 Cherry Point	plunged into the Pamlico Sound River near PCS Phosphate in Aurora 30 M N of MCAS Cherry Point, NC, USA	Capt. James W. Troy ejected suffered minor injuries		Stencel
26th July 2002	USMC	F/A‑18A	163139 DR	VMFA‑312	Control problems, Cleburne County, 70 M N of Little Rock, AR, USA	Pilot ejected OK		Martin-Baker
27th July 2002	Ukrainian Air Force	Su-27UB			L'vov-Sknilov Airshow 83 spectators killed, 115 injured The two pilots their unit commanders and later charged and imprisoned			Zvezda K-36
27th July 2002	Ukrainian Air Force	Su-27UB				Volodimir Toponar	Yuri Egorov	Zvezda K-36

August

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo
2nd August 2002	RAF	Harrier GR7	Suffolk air show - on the seafront at Lowestoft the aircraft seemed to lose power and plunged 60 feet into the water				Flight Lieutenant Tony Cann ejected to safety and suffered a broken ankle	Martin-Baker
21st August 2002	USAF	F‑15C	78‑0541 ZZ	44th FS/18th W	pilot lost spatial orientation and situational awareness, aircraft went into spin crashed in Pacific 60 M S of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan	pilot ejected safely		ACES II

September

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
Wednesday 4th September 2002 11:30 AM.	Royal Malaysian Air Force	BAE Systems Hawk 208			Hydraulic failure at low level South China Sea, crashed near Tioman island off the east coast. Pilot taken to Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan, eastern state of Pahang.	Captain Nadzeer Sallehuddin ejected at an altitude of 152.4 metres (502.9 feet) suffered head and leg injuries, picked up by a helicopter and taken to hospital		Martin-Baker
9^th September 2002	Indian AF	Mikoyan MiG-21			Chaurmaspur, Ambala, India	Pilot ejected		KM-1
9^th September 2002	Indian AF	Mikoyan MiG-21			Engine failure Shivpur, India	Pilot ejected		KM-1
11^th September 2002	USAF	Lockheed Martin F‑16C	86‑0348 AL	160th FS AL ANG	Engine failed over Camp Shelby range crashed 1300 ft from end of runway at Bobby Chain AP, Hattiesburg, Massachusetts, USA	Pilot ejected safely and received minor injuries		ACES II
18^th September 2002	South Korean AF	Lockheed Martin F-16D			Engine failure, Sangju, Kyongsang Province, South Korea	Ejected		ACES II
18^th September 2002	South Korean AF	Lockheed Martin F-16D			Engine failure, Sangju, Kyongsang Province, South Korea	ejected		ACES II

October

Date

Air Force

A'cft

Unit / Serial

based

crash / test

crew

photo

seat

3rd October 2002

USN

F‑14A Tomcat

162594
AD 136

VF‑101

Gulf of Mexico off Key West, FL, USA

Pilot ejected - picked up by an H-3 helicopter. Received minor injuries

Martin-Baker

RIO ejected - picked up by an H-3 helicopter. Received minor injuries

Martin-Baker

3rd October 2002

UPDATE

A tail section believed to be from this aircraft came ashore on 5th May 2006, almost 5,000 miles away on a beach in West Cork on Ireland’s southern shores. News REPORT Link

4^th October 2002

South Korean AF

F-4E Phantom II

Kunsan AB, South Korea

Engine fire. Kunsan AB, South Korea

Pilot ejected

Martin-Baker

RIO ejected

Martin-Baker

Monday
22nd October 2002

Sri Lankan A. F.

Kfir

air base near Colombo

Unable to restart the jet following engine failure crashed into a coconut field near Kurunegala, 95 kilometers northeast of the capital, Nakkawatta, Kuliyapitiya, Colombo

pilot ejected suffered minor injuries

Martin-Baker

Friday 25th October 2002

USAF

F‑16C

89‑2006

4th FS/388th FW
HILL AIR FORCE BASE

collided with F‑16 89‑2111 and crashed 25 M SE of Wendover, Utah Test & Training Range, UT, USA

Capt. David Roszmann, ejected safely from his aircraft and was rescued

ACES II

Friday 25th October 2002

USAF

F‑16C

89‑2111

4th FS/388th FW
HILL AIR FORCE BASE

collided with F‑16 89‑2006and crashed 25 M SE of Wendover, Utah Test & Training Range, UT, USA

pilot 1st Lt. Jorma Huhtala, was found on Saturday several miles from where his plane

Wsa he thrown from the aircraft or did he attempt ejection

November

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
7th November 2002	Slovak AF	Mig-29	6829	1SLK	collided in midair. Crashed near the eastern town of Spisska Nova Ves	Pilot ejected successfully, not seriously injured Pilot killed who was in which aircraft??		K-36
7th November 2002	Slovak AF	Mig-29	6930	1SLK
14th November 2002	USMC	F/A‑18D	163749 SH 243 MCAS Miramar, CA. USA	VMFAT‑101	in Pacific100 M SW of MCAS Miramar, CA	pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
22nd November 2002 1215 GMT	Spanish Air Force	Eurofighter Typhoon	DA 6	EADS-CASA Flight Test Centre in Getafe south of Madrid	plane crashed into a mountainous region of Toledo in central Spain			Martin-Baker Mk.16A
22nd November 2002 1215 GMT	Spanish Air Force	Eurofighter Typhoon	DA 6	EADS-CASA Flight Test Centre in Getafe south of Madrid		Spanish Air Force OTC Pilot Comandante Ignatio Lombo	EADS CASA Chief Test Pilot Coronel Eduardo Cuadrado	Martin-Baker Mk.16A

December

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
4th December 2002	USAF	A‑10A	80‑0225 WA	57th W Nellis AFB	collided with A‑10A 79‑0191 ranges 5 M N of Nevada Test Site, 100 M NW of Las Vegas, NV, USA	pilot ejected safely		ACES II
Thursday 5th December 2002 09:40h	RN	Sea Harrier T8		Royal Naval Air Station in Yeovilton, Somerset, on attachment to Wittering	Crashed on take-off at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire	One pilot ejected - suffered not seriously injured		Martin-Baker
Thursday 5th December 2002 09:40h	RN	Sea Harrier T8			Crashed on take-off at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire	One pilot ejected - suffered fatal injuries		Martin-Baker
Thursday 19th December 2002 10:30 p.m. local time	Danish	F-16A Block 20 MLU	E-006 87-0006	Esk 726	Overshot the runway at Bagram, Afghanistan and ended up in a minefield	Pilot ejected safely		ACES II
18th December 2002	USN	F/A‑18A	162883	NSAWC	6 M N of Gabbs, NV, USA	pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
19th December 2002	Sukhoi	Su-37	711		On a test flight to test the stability and control of the airplane during high-G maneuvering. Aircraft became uncontrollable following failure of all SDU channels. Crashed outside of Zhukovsky	Yuriy Vashchuk		K-36
20th December 2002	USAF	T‑37B	58‑1935	80th FTW	collide just S of Duncan, nr Lake Waurika, OK, USAd with T‑37 57‑2320 which bellylanded at Sheppard	ejected safely		Weber
20th December 2002	USAF	T‑37B	58‑1935	80th FTW		ejected safely		Weber

NewsEdge
July 13, 2000
http://www.individual.com/frames/story.shtml?story=v0712062.3xi&level3=139498&date=20000713

PARIS (July 12) XINHUA via NewsEdge Corporation - A Mirage 2000-D fighter of the French air force crashed early Wednesday morning near Nancy, northeastern France, after it collided with another plane from the same air base, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

AFP quoted the Nancy-Ochey air base as saying that the accident took place during a night training mission which lasted from Tuesday morning till Wednesday morning.

The two pilots of the crashed plane were injured when they ejected themselves from the plane, which crashed into a forest not far from the air base.

The other plane involved in the accident returned to the base safe and sound, said AFP.

This is the second time in nearly two months that a Mirage fighter of the French air force crashed.

A Mirage 5 fighter crashed on April 6 in Corsica.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	Stéphane Pichard http://frenchaces.free.fr

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