Accident Reports
Abbreviations: D: Date N/U: Nationality/Units T: Type S: SerialsFire crews douse the No 7 and 8 engines on US Air Force/5th Bomb
Wing/69th Bomb Squadron B-52H 60-0009 ‘MT’ after its emergency
landing at RAF Mildenhall on June 17. Both engines were removed
during July, but the aircraft still languishes there awaiting repairs.
USAF/Airman 1st Class Brandon EsauWreckage of the tail of the
Ukrainian Air Force L-39C
following its crash on July
2 near Chuhuiv.http://www.airforcesmonthly.com #378 September 2019 // 87D: Jun 8
N: Libyan Air Force
T: Beech 200 King Air
An air strike by a United Arab
Emirates Air Force and Air Defence
Wing Loong II unmanned combat
aerial vehicle destroyed this
aircraft, in open storage at Mitiga.D: Jun 17
N/U: US Air Force/
5th Bomb Wing/
69th Bomb Squadron
T: B-52H Stratofortress
S: 60-0009 ‘MT’
Updating the previous report on
this aircraft, which diverted to RAF
Mildenhall, Suffolk, with a double
engine fire (see Attrition, August,
p91), it has remained stranded
there while repairs are undertaken.
On July 11, the No 7 engine was
removed, while by July 18 the No
8 engine had also been removed.D: Jun 28
N: Indonesian Army
T: Mi-17V-5
S: HA-5138
Twelve personnel were on board
this helicopter when it was
reported missing at around 1149hrs
local time during a flight from
Oksibil Airport to Jayapura-Sentani
Airport. Its last reported position
was while flying over mountainous
terrain in the Pegunungan Bintang
regency, near the Papua New
Guinea border. It had stopped
to refuel at Oksibil, but contact
was lost five minutes after take-
off. Seven crew members and five
members of the Infantry Battalion
725/Waroagi task force who
were being transferred to another
post were on board. The crew
comprised pilots Captain Aris and
1st Lt Bambang, co-pilot First Lt
Ahwar, Chief Sergeant Suriyatna,
Second Sergeant Dita, Private Dwi
Purnomo and Private Aharul. The
passengers were soldiers Ikrar
Setya Nainggolan, Yanuarius Loe,
Risno, Sujono Kaimuddin and
Tegar Hadi Sentana. An extensive
search for the helicopter was
hampered by bad weather and
three weeks later there was still no
sign of it, but a ground search was
continuing as AFM went to press.D: Jun 28
N/U: Spanish Air Force/
Ala 46/462 Escuadrón
T: F/A-18A+ Hornet
S: C.15-83 ‘46-11’Ground crew forgot to chock
the wheels after this Hornet
was parked at Gando air base,
Gran Canaria, resulting in the
jet rolling backwards into a
building. The tailplane and engine
exhaust nozzles sustained
some damage, but it did not
immediately appear to be serious.D: Jun 30
N: Turkish Armed Forces
T: Bayraktar Tactical UAS
A Libyan National Army Air Force
air strike on Mitiga International
Airport destroyed this unmanned
aerial system, along with its
ground control station. The LNA
believed the drone’s Turkish
operators may also have been
killed during the attack.D: Jul 1
N/U: German Army Aviation/
Internationales
Hubschrauberaus-
bildungszentrum
T: EC135T1
During a training sortie from
Bückeburg air base this helicopter
crashed at 1345hrs local time in
a cornfield near Dehmkerbrock/
Aerzen, west of Hamelin, while
operating along a dedicated
low-flying route. The aircraft
commander was killed, and the
co-pilot seriously injured. The
EC135 was destroyed by a post-
crash fire. Both crew members
were experienced pilots, each with
450 flying hours, and were training
as instructors. The Internationales
Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum
(International Helicopter Training
Centre) at Bückeburg temporarily
suspended flying with the
type pending investigation.D: Jul 2
N/U: Ukrainian Air Force/Kharkiv Air Force
University/203rd Aviation
Training Brigade
T: L-39C AlbatrosThis aircraft was destroyed when
it crashed at around 1600hrs
local time near the Starovirivka
settlement, close to Chuhuiv
town, Kharkiv region, during a
sortie from Chuhuiv air base.
The pilot ejected safely and
was picked up by a search and
rescue team. Reports vary as to
the cause, some saying it was
due to an engine malfunction,
while there are also suggestions
it was caught by wake turbulence
from another nearby aircraft,
causing it to roll violently with
the pilot losing control.D: Jul 4
N: Libyan Government of
National Accord Air Force
T: L-39ZO Albatros
Two crew, Colonels Sasi Abdul-
Salam Sasi al-Habazi and Ahmed
al-Barqli, were killed when this
aircraft was shot down by Libyan
National Army (LNA) air defence
forces just south of Tarhuna,
50 miles (80km) southeast ofTripoli, after it had taken off from
Misrata air base on a combat
mission. The LNA initially claimed
it had downed the GNA’s sole
remaining MiG-23UB, 8212, but
images of the remains of one wing
showed it was an L-39ZO and
the LNA subsequently issued a
statement correcting the error.D: Jul 5
N/U: Royal Air Force/
Red Arrows
T: Hawk T1
One of the ten Red Arrows aircraft
which arrived at Farnborough
Airport, Hampshire, at around
1200hrs burst a tyre on landing.
The airport was subsequently
closed for 45 minutes while
local emergency services dealt
with the incident and tyre debris
was removed from the runway.
There was no serious damage
reported to the aircraft which was
expected to be quickly repaired
and returned to service after fitting
a new tyre. The pilot was unhurt.D: Jul 6
N: US Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
T: Cessna 172R Skyhawk
S: N994CP
This aircraft departed from
Columbus-Golden Triangle
Regional Airport, for a flight to
University-Oxford Airport, both
in Mississippi, but crashed at
around 1515hrs on the Ole Miss
Golf Course, just north of its
destination. The aircraft was
partially consumed by a post-
crash fire and the solo pilot,
18-year-old Cadet Master Sgt
Lake Little, suffered serious
burns and later died after being
airlifted to a Memphis hospital.
Little had recently joined the86-89 Attrition AFM Sep2019.indd 87 8/5/2019 11:52:30 AM