ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57997
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 January 1990 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter T66B |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) |
| Registration: | 802 |
| MSN: | 8919 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thumrait AB, Dhofar Region -
 Oman
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | OOTH |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shortly after take-off from Thumrait AB, southbound on RWY 17 the aircraft suffered an engine flameout; the aircraft crashed into hilly ground 3.15 Km SSW of the southern end of the runway. Both pilots (Sqn. Ldr. C.P. 'Paddy' Roberts and Mqd. Tay. Mohammed Abdul al Baluchi) ejected safely at very low level.
Initially both pilots believed the other had died in the crash, their having parachuted down separately on either side of a small hill. Mqd. Abdul hitched a ride back to the base and reported in while S/L Roberts landed heavily on his PSP injuring his back. The aircraft crashed in a hilly area with the canopy falling in the MODES Water camp outside Thumrait village.
This aircraft was ex-Dutch N-249/Jordanian 716.
Sources:
1. Flight International 8-14 May 1991
2. Hawker Hunter 1951-2008 - David J. Griffin
3. Eye witness to crash recovery on 16-01-90
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20171012054548/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Oman.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-May-2009 12:55 | harro | Updated |
| 23-Jun-2009 11:25 | RAFOHunter | Updated |
| 11-Mar-2011 02:07 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2013 05:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2018 14:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator] |
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