2003 List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(2000–09)



an islamic revolutionary guards corps ilyushin il-76md, 15-2280, c/n 0063471155, formerly registered yi-and, crashes mountain in poor weather near shahdad, iran. 18 crew , 284 passengers on board killed.


20 february
a pakistan air force fokker f-27-200, 10254, of 12 squadron, crashes near kohat, pakistan when strikes ridge @ 3,000-foot (910 m) level (915 m) amsl, obscured clouds. 17 people on board died, including air chief marshal mushaf ali mir. paf spokespersons said on 22 may pilot error blame.


27 february
a canadian forces air command sikorsky ch-124b sea king helicopter, 12401, of 12 wing, crashes on deck of hmcs iroquois in persian gulf. no 1 killed, ship s mission in gulf postponed.


22 march
during 2003 invasion of iraq, 2 royal navy westland sea king asac.7 aew helicopters, xv650, cu-182 , , xv704, r-186 , collide in mid-air 5 miles (8 km) aircraft carrier hms ark royal while 1 had been leaving on mission other returned same operation. 1 american exchange pilot on board, former e-2c hawkeye pilot formerly carrier airborne warning squadron 1 one five, killed. later revealed 3 main contributory factors noted board of inquiry coincided 3 main areas of degradation between older aew mk2 , upgraded asac mk7; 3 had been identified , mitigation put in hand, 2 cancelled unauthorised official , other rejected rn.


22 march
raf tornado gr4 zg710 shot down patriot missile battery, killing both crew. later emerged primary cause (failure integrate iff) had been identified in 1998 corrective action rejected.


1 may 
a boeing c-32b or boeing 757-23a, wearing may or may not have been u.s. air force serial number, 00-9001, c/n 25494/611, , assigned 486th flight test squadron, known eglin air force base, florida, unit, suffers ~0300 hrs. landing accident @ north auxiliary airfield, south carolina, when nose gear collapses in heavy landing. thought operated united states state department (a standard deflection central intelligence agency , special operations group (sog) / special activities division (sad) in support of foreign emergency support team (fest) activities). air force spokeswoman major linda pepin said there no serious injuries, there crew of 10 on board. 2 sustained minor injuries , treated , released. nose gear on plane collapsed , plane s position on ground not parallel runway. major pepin stated incident investigated in days come air force safety board, in case there s incident involves aircraft safety ensure whatever happened in incident can avoid next time. pepin said don t know how long aircraft stay on runway, s know when , moving. north auxiliary airfield used c-17 globemaster iii training.


18 august
a polish air force sukhoi su-22m-4k, of 8 elt, flying @ 3000 meter (10,000 ft) altitude, during antiaircraft artillery exercises, shot down @ 1600 hrs. within confines of wicko morskie range, near ustka 2k12 kub missile. account ascribes downing merely technical malfunction . pilot, lt. col. andrzej andrzejewski, safely ejected , alighted in baltic sea 21 km (11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi)) coast, , – after one-and-half hour spent in water – picked mil mi-14ps sar helicopter siemirowice air base. andrzejewski subsequently perish in 23 january 2008, casa c-295 crash.


11 september
while landing aboard uss george washington, operating off virginia capes, mcdonnell-douglas f/a-18d-32-mc hornet (lot 13), buno 164198, c/n 961/do63, ad 432 , of vfa-106, goes off angle @ ~1600 hrs. when arresting cable parts, pilot ejects , recovered. broken cable, whipping across deck, injures eleven deck crew, serious of airlifted shore medical facilities. footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxmox2kdxs


captain chris stricklin ejects f-16 @ air show in september 2003.



14 september
opposing solo pilot, capt. chris r. stricklin, in thunderbirds number 6, lockheed martin f-16c block 32j fighting falcon, 87-0327, misjudges altitude before beginning split-s takeoff maneuver @ mountain home afb, idaho, ejects in aces ii seat 8/10ths of second before aircraft impacts runway. chris survived no injuries.


18 september
a tupolev tu-160, bort number 01 , of 121st regiment, 22 heavy bombers division, on proving flight out of engels air base after replacement of 1 of 4 engines, crashes near stepnoye settlement, sovetskoye, saratov oblast, killing 4 crew. there no armaments aboard. before crash crew reported engine fire ground control, after contact pilots lost. wreckage of bomber found 35 km base. no injuries on ground. main staff of air force identified dead crew commander, lt. col. yuriy deyneko, co-pilot maj. oleg fedusenko [the russian tv channel gave name fedunenko in 1000 gmt newscast], , navigators maj. grigoriy kolchin , maj. sergey sukhorukov. first blackjack loss in 17 years of operations.


15 november
two army sikorsky uh-60 black hawk helicopters collide near mosul, iraq. twenty-two soldiers on both aircraft , 17 killed.


29 november
an air force of democratic republic of congo antonov an-26, 9t-tad, blows out tire during landing in boende, democratic republic of congo, , overruns runway , crashes market square. of 24 people on board, 20 killed , 13 people on ground die.


9 december
two belgian air force general dynamics f-16a collide near havelange. 1 pilot ejects safely, other killed.




^ accident description . aviation-safety.net. 2003-02-19. retrieved 2012-05-22. 
^ stamford, lincs., uk: air forces monthly, compiled dave allport, july 2003, number 184, page 76.
^ stamford, lincs., uk: air forces monthly, compiled dave allport, october 2003, number 187, pages 73–74.
^ duke s tribute royal navy dead . http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2875009.stm. retrieved 2 august 2014.  external link in |website= (help)
^ 2 airframes have been identified: 02-4452, marked 24452, apparently c/n 25493/523, ex-n84wa; , 02-5001, marked 25001, c/n 25494/611, ex-n987an, has reported carrying 98–6006, 99–6143, 00–9001, but, usually, 02-5001. apparently assigned 227th special operations flight, mcguire afb, new jersey. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/2002.html
^ cia airline - seite 4 . flugzeugforum.de. retrieved 9 july 2015. 
^ north spin - aircraft flight test units . thenorthspin.com. retrieved 9 july 2015. 
^ lee harter, t&d editor. military plane of type carries vp, others under tight security @ base in north after landing incident . times , democrat. retrieved 9 july 2015. cs1 maint: text: authors list (link)
^ aircraft of cia special operations group , special activities division . spyflight.co.uk. retrieved 9 july 2015. 
^ hughes, megan (5 may 2003). repairs continue in north on air force jet after landing incident . wistv.com. retrieved 8 may 2017. 
^ stamford, lincs., uk: air forces monthly, compiled dave allport, october 2003, number 187, page 72.
^ navy , marine corps bunos-third series (164196 to ??) . joebaugher.com. retrieved 2012-05-22. 
^ f_18_hornet . ejection-history.org.uk. retrieved 2012-05-22. 
^ usa: 12 us. navy crew injured following fa 18 fighter plane crash landing on aircraft carrier george washington . itn source. 2003-09-11. retrieved 2012-05-22. 
^ f-16 accident reports 2003 . f-16.net. retrieved 2012-05-22. 
^ bbc monitoring former soviet union publication date: 18-09-2003
^ john pike. tu-160 blackjack (tupolev) . globalsecurity.org. retrieved 2012-05-22. 
^ stamford, lincs., uk: air forces monthly, compiled dave allport, february 2004, number 191, page 74.






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