ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60348
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| Date: | Monday 26 March 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | 493rd FS, 48th FW, USAF |
| Registration: | 86-0180 |
| MSN: | 1033/C408 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ben MacDhui, Caingorm Mountains, Highland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk (LKZ/EGUL) |
| RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk (LKZ/EGUL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 26.03.2001, F-15C-42-MC, 86-0180, c/n 1033/C408, of the 493rd FS, 48th FW, USAF, was one of two US Air Force F-15Cs which crashed near the summit of Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms during a low flying training exercise over the Scottish Highlands with low visibility. Captain Kirk Jones was killed in 86-0180. USAF investigators cited a breakdown in terrain avoidance responsibilities between the pilots and ground controllers.
In 2003, an RAF air traffic controller was found not guilty during a court martial.In 2006, the RAF Board of Inquiry stated that the pilots were partly responsible for accepting a clearly unsafe air traffic control instruction
Sources:
1. http://www.scramble.nl [Scramble 263]
2. http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2001/F-15C-%282%29_Scottish-Highlands_UK_26Mar01.pdf
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2797511.stm
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4686602.stm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F-15_losses#2000s
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029221354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/f-15.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2014 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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