ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60233
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Date: | Thursday 8 January 2004 |
Time: | 19:03 |
Type: | Dassault Mirage 2000D |
Owner/operator: | EC 2/3 Armée de l'Air |
Registration: | 621/3-JG |
MSN: | 421 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mas-Saint-Chély -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nancy-Ochey Air Base (BA 133) (LFSO) |
Destination airport: | Nancy-Ochey Air Base (BA 133) (LFSO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Dassault Mirage 2000D departed Nancy-Ochey Air Base (BA 133) at 17:26 on an assault and in-flight refueling exercise.
At an altitude of FL345 the airspeed seemed to drop and an amber caution light illuminated. The crew initiated a descend but the airspeed indicator showed a decreasing speed. The crew ejected at FL260. The airplane crashed.
Cause: possible freezing of water that had entered the pitot tube.
Sources:
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/14711/132071/file/telecharger_le_rapport_public_bead_air_a_2004_001_a.pdf http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Mirage_2000/mirage_2000.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Apr-2012 13:50 |
harro |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Sep-2018 06:30 |
JF |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
28-Sep-2018 08:56 |
JF |
Updated [Registration] |
23-Dec-2019 16:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
01-Apr-2022 19:34 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn, Country] |
25-May-2022 08:20 |
Cobar |
Updated [Country] |
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