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to have been killed in the accident. The Gulfstream’s flight
originated in Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport,
some 206 miles away.
04jul17 YV1207 Ce421B 421B.... w/o
Upon landing at Paramillo Airport, Táchira, Venezuela, the
private Cessna veered off the runway as the landing gear col-
lapsed. The three occupants were not injured.
04jul17 FAC4578/29B TH-67A 5286 dam
Substantial damage following a forced landing during train-
ing at Flanders, Colombia, is what happened to this Fuerza
Aérea Colombiana Bell TH-67.
05jul17 PK-RCX PC-6/B2-H4 922 w/o
An AMA (Associated Mission Aviation) PC-6 Turbo Porter was
reported to have crashed at 2,300m altitude near Wamena,
Papua, Indonesia. A helicopter was dispatched to the scene
and found the crash site, with all five occupants not having
survived the impact. The weather conditions during flight
could have played a factor during the accident.
06jul17 NAF573 AW109LUH dam
While undertaking a liaison mission targeted at further
enhancing the synergy between the Nigerian Army and the
Air Force in the ongoing counterinsurgency operation in
the north-east, the Nigerian Air Force AW109 Light Utility
Helicopter ditched in a lagoon at Maidigura, Nigeria, after
developing a technical malfunction, and received substantial
(water) damage. Pictures on Twitter show the chopper with
broken off rotor blades.
06jul17 MS3472 MiG-23UB w/o
The Indian Air Force lost a MiG-23 after it crashed about sixty
kilometres from Jodhpur AB, near the village of Balesar, while
on a routine training mission. Luckily both pilots ejected
safely.
07jul17 N337J CeT337D 337-1017 w/o
The private Cessna Turbo Super Skymaster impacted wooded
terrain, on Terminal Road, close to Leath Correctional Insti-
tute, during an approach to land at Greenwood County
Airport (SC). The twin-engine airplane sustained substantial
damage and both occupants were injured.
09jul17 G-TFSI TF-51D 124-44703 dam
Mustang ‘Miss Velma’ of the Anglia Aircraft Restoration had
to make a forced landing in a field near Duxford, close to
Junction 10 of the M11 Motorway, but why it had to do that
is unknown. It never saw service in World War Two and was
one of the last Mustangs to be constructed at North Ameri-
can Aviation’s Dallas (TX) plant. It is thought she flew as part
of a reconnaissance squadron during the US military’s cam-
paign in Korea. In 1951, the Mustang was shipped back the
US to serve with the Air National Guard until around 1956. In
January 1999, she reappeared in North Dakota as a restora-
tion project. The restoration culminated in a first flight in
May 2007 with Steve Hinton at the controls. Following this
the Mustang was painted in the 55th Fighter Group scheme of
Captain Frank Birtciel’s P-51D 44-14561 and christened ‘Miss
Velma’.
09jul17 C-FWLH Harvard MkIV CCF4-227 dam
This Harvard of the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association,
participating in “Wings and Wheels 2017”, experienced a
loss of directional control and subsequent runway excursion
upon landing at Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regional Airport
near the Municipality of Meaford (Ont.). The airplane came
to rest inverted, sustaining substantial damage. The pilot
and his passenger sustained minor injuries. The Harvard was
flying around in yellow RCAF colours with serial 20436 and
code 436 painted on.
10jul17 165000/NY-000 KC-130T 5303 w/o
All sixteen onboard this United States Marines Corps Hercu-
les, belonging to VMGR-452 Yankees (Marine Aerial Refueler
Transport Squadron) , died after the Herc crashed eleven kil-
ometres west-southwest of Itta Bena (MS), while on a flight
from MCAS Cherry Point (NC) to NAF El Centro (CA). It came
down in a soybean field and burst into flames, which con-
sumed the Lockheed. Eyewitnesses reported observing the
aircraft spiralling down before it impacted the ground. Early
reports suggest a mid-air explosion or structural damage
appeared to be the primary cause of this loss.
While Fat Albert of the Blue Angels was undergoing main-
tenance, this Hercules stood in, but not at the time of the
accident.
11jul17 15102 Yak-130 130.12.02-0102 w/o
21sq of the Bangladesh Air Force lost a Yak-130 trainer after
it crashed in the remote area of the south-eastern district’s
Lohagara, near Bara Hatia’s Faridghona, on a lychee farm.
Both pilots ejected safely and the reason for the mishap was a
technical malfunction. It had earlier taken off from BAF Base
Zahurul Haque in Chittagong for a training sortie.
Mustang ‘Miss Velma’ of the Anglia Aircraft Restoration had to make a forced landing in a field near Duxford, close to Junction 10 of the M11
Motorway, under unknown circumstances on 9 July 2017. It received substantial damage. (Duxford, 12 July 2015, Gert Jan Mentink)
