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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

                 

2nd 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

8th January 2002


Belgian AF

Lockheed Martin F‑16C

 

 

Wijchmaal-Peer, Belgium

Ejected

 

ACES II

10th January 2002


Turkish AF

F-4 Phantom II

 

 

 

Pilot ejected

 

Martin-Baker

RIO ejected

 

Martin-Baker

10th January 2002


Turkish AF

F-4 Phantom II

 

 

 

Pilot ejected

 

Martin-Baker

RIO ejected

 

Martin-Baker

10th 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

14th 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

23rd 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

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

5th February 2002


Saudi Arabian AF

BAE System Hawk 65A

 

Tabuk AB

Mid‑air collision during formation flying

Pilots ejected

 

Martin-Baker

5th February 2002


Saudi Arabian AF

 

 

 

 

Pilots ejected

 

Martin-Baker

7th 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

Cne Rudolphe "Brutus" Brun ejected safely

 

Martin-Baker

17th 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

Ejected – died of injuries

 

Martin-Baker

29th 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
(RIO), Lt. j.g. Rafe Wysham ejected safely   Martin-Baker

3rd 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

26th 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

26th March 2002


Romanian AF

MiG-21 Lancer

 

 

Engine failure, Sandulesti, Cluj, Romania

Pilot ejected safely

 

KM-1

26th 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

5th April 2002


Pakistan AF

fighter

 

 

Pindi Gheb, Pakistan

Pilot ejected safely

 

 

5th April 2002


Indian AF

Mikoyan MiG‑21 bis

 

 

Jhelu Gagari, Jodhpur, India

Pilot ejected safely

 

 KM-1

11th 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

 

 

15th 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      
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

24th April 2002


Belgian AF

Lockheed Martin F‑16B

 

 

Mid‑air collision with ultralight aircraft Sellingen, Belgium

Ejected OK

 

ACES II

???

 

 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

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 ???
 

 

 

 May  

Date

Air Force

A'cft

Unit / Serial

based

crash / test

crew

photo

seat

7th 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 

9th May 2002


Indian AF

Sepecat Jaguar

 

 

Ambala, India

Pilot ejected safely

 

Martin-Baker 

Wednesday 15th 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

29th 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    
trainee pilot Gary Clark  ejected at ground level, out of ejection envelope, and died of his injuries   VS-1

5th June 2002


Polish AF

PZL PZL‑130TC1

 

Haldwara AB

Engine failure on approach to land Radom, Poland

Ejected OK

 

 

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

26th 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