ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166285
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| Date: | Monday 1 April 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Dassault Mirage IIIO(F) |
| Owner/operator: | 75 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A3-18 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2.5 nautical miles N of Butterworth -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Song Song Ranges, Malyasia |
| RAAF Butterworth, Malaysia (BWH/WKMB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Served with 75 Sqn Butterworth, Malaysia. Crashed 01/04/74, 2.5 nm north of RAAF Butterworth, Malaysia. Engine problems on Song Song Range, during return to base from Song Song Range (75 Sqn). Pilot ejected at 180 ft and 160 kts with only minor injuries. Crew; Flying Officer Lindsay D.Boyd. RAAF Ejection number 44.
According to an eyewitness report: "he had tried to eject several times but each time he pulled the handle with left hand (other on control column) nothing happened. Finally, in desperation, he grabbed the handle with right hand and pulled...and out he went...180 ft/160kts...inadvertently discovering a design fault that had been, as I remember the story, responsible for a few fatalities."
Sources:
1. Wilson, David. Seek and Strike: 75 Squadron RAAF 1942–2002. Maryborough, Australia: Banner, 2002. ISBN 1-875593-23-3.
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/3a3.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001604/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Australia.htm
4. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/291899-raaf-mirage-aircraft.html#post3538482
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2014 04:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Oct-2014 14:11 | Unites | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2015 12:40 | lboyd | Updated [Narrative] |
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