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Date: | Sunday 6 June 1999 |
Time: | |
Type: | BAe Hawk 201RDA |
Owner/operator: | Britsh Aerospace Warton |
Registration: | ZJ201 |
MSN: | 312358 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava -
Slovakia
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava (BTS/LZIB) |
Destination airport: | M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava (BTS/LZIB) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On 6 June 1999, a BAE Hawk 200 aircraft crashed during SIAD '99 air show at M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava (BTS/LZIB: co-ordinates 48°10′12″N, 017°12′46″E). Top British test pilot Graham Wardell was killed in Slovakia after his Aerospace Hawk 200 military jet came down during aerobatics.
The plane exploded when its wing hit the ground after failing to pull out of a low turn at a show at the Milan Rastislav Stefanik airport in Bratislava; the test pilot entered a barrel roll too low, the roll was too tight, and the exit speed was too fast, and at the wrong angle.
ZJ201 suffered a high speed stall, struck the ground and bounced clipping a building, killing a woman spectator. It bounced again and finally struck the ground and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was also killed
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170723051116/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/AEROBATIC/AEROBATIC.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._%C5%A0tef%C3%A1nik_Airport#Accidents_and_incidents
http://www.airframes.org/reg/zj201
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1999.htm
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/test-pilot-dies-in-crash-at-show-1098650.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Aug-2011 00:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
09-Nov-2011 12:16 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |