Abbreviations: D: Date N/U: Nationality/Units T: Type S: Serials
when it crashed, 9nm northeast
of the island, killing the pilot.D: Apr 12
N: Russian Navy
T: Ka-29
This helicopter crashed in the
Baltic Sea in the Kaliningrad
Region during a night test flight.
Both crew members, who were
manufacturer test pilots, were killed.D: Apr 12
N/U: Russian Air and Space
Force/Krasnodar Higher
Military Aviation School
T: Yak-130
During a training flight from
Borisoglebsk air base, in the
Voronezh region, the aircraft
crashed in an open area
following a technical malfunction.
Both pilots ejected safely.D: Apr 13
N/U: USAF/3rd Wing
T: F-22A Raptor
This aircraft experienced a port
engine flame-out on taking off from
Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.
The pilot had already retracted the
undercarriage before realising he
had lost an engine and the Raptor
impacted the runway at high speed,
bouncing for 1,500ft (457m) and
then skidding for a further 5,000ft
(1,524m) before coming to rest
on its belly. The pilot was able to
egress without injury. Damage is
said to be extensive, but is thought
to be repairable. The Raptor had
been detached to Fallon from Joint
Base Elmendorf-Richardson to
support the US Navy Strike Fighter
Tactics Instructor programme.D: Apr 14
N/U: Indian Navy/INAS 343
T: Heron I UAV
Following loss of datalink
communication with its ground
station, this UAV crashed
about 20nm southeast of its
base at Porbandar, Gujarat,
shortly after take-off for a
routine surveillance mission.D: Apr 18
N/U: Colombian Air Force/
CACOM 7/Escuela Militar
de Aviación (EMAVI)
T: PZL-Bielsko SZD-54-2
Perkoz
During a sortie from Base
Aérea Militar 1 Cali, this
glider was destroyed when itcrashed back onto the runway.
Both crew were killed.D: Apr 21
N/U: US Navy/Blue Angels
T: F/A-18 Hornet
S: ‘5’
During a display over Vero Beach,
Florida, a bird was ingested
into the engine of the aircraft,
causing a serious fire, following
which a long streak of flame
was clearly visible coming from
the exhaust. The pilot made
a safe emergency landing.D: Apr 23
N: Tunisian Air Force
T: SF260
Both crew of this aircraft were
killed when it crashed under
unknown circumstances near
Sfax-Thyna air base during
a night training exercise.D: Apr 23
N/U: USAF/US Embassy Bogota
T: C-12C Huron
S: 76-0160
While en route from Pasto/
Chachagüi-Antonio Nariño
Airport to Quibdó-El Caraño
Airport, Colombia, this aircraft
performed an emergency landing
at Tumaco-La Florida Airport due
to the mechanical failure of an
undercarriage leg. Upon landing,
the starboard main undercarriage
collapsed and the aircraft came
to rest on the engine nacelle and
wingtip. No injuries were reported.D: Apr 24
N/U: US Air Force/56th Fighter
Wing/310th Fighter
Squadron
T: F-16C Fighting Falcon
S: 90-0760 ‘LF’
During a routine training flight from
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, theaircraft suffered an engine flame-
out and was forced to divert to
Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport,
Arizona. The pilot attempted to
make an emergency landing but
ejected when the aircraft overshot
the runway and ran through a
fence onto rough ground before
coming to rest in Craggy Wash,
adjacent to the airport. The whole
of the front section forward of
the engine intake was destroyed.
The pilot was released from
hospital that same afternoon.D: Apr 25
N: Iranian Republican Guard
Corps Navy
T: Sadegh UCAV
While flying over Abadan, Iran, on
its return from a reconnaissance
mission over Iraq, Iranian air
defence forces misidentified this
UCAV as being a US-operated type
and jammed its command signals.
This caused it to crash-land,
although its operator deployed the
Sadegh’s recovery parachute and
it did not appear to be seriously
damaged when it came to rest up
against the side of a building.D: Apr 27
N/U: Botswana Defence ForceAir Wing/Z28 Squadron
T: BF-5 (Canadair CF-5)
This aircraft crashed on Gabarone
golf course at 1145hrs while
practising for the celebrations
to mark the 41st anniversary
of the Botswana Defence
Force. The pilot was killed.D: Apr 27
N/U: Russian Air and Space
Force/Krasnodar Higher
Military Aviation
School/272nd UAB
T: L-39C Albatros
S: ‘06 Yellow’/RF-93110
This aircraft ingested a bird
shortly after taking off from
Maykop air base – the resulting
engine failure forced the pilot
to make an emergency landing
in a field. The student pilot did
not lower the undercarriage but
made a textbook belly landing
near the village of Kosinov in
Adygea and came to rest with
very little damage. The aircraft
is expected to be repaired
and returned to service.D: Apr 28
N/U: Indian Navy/INAS 315
T: Il-38SD
S: IN306
This aircraft made an emergency
landing at Zhukovsky Airport,
Moscow, with its nose
undercarriage retracted. There
was no fire and no injuries, but
there appeared to be considerable
damage to the underside of the
nose. The aircraft had been
in Russia for overhaul and
upgrade and was on its first
test flight after completion.Additional material from: Igor
Bozinovski, Rick Burgess, Donny
Chan, Scramble/Dutch Aviation
Society and Asagiri Yohko.Above: A crane lifts the nose of Indian Navy Il-38SD IN306 after it made an
emergency landing at Zhukovsky on April 28.Above: L-39C Albatros ‘06 Yellow’/RF-93110 following its belly landing on April- VKS
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