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| Date: | Friday 22 August 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SAAB MFI-15-200A |
| Owner/operator: | SAAB AB |
| Registration: | SE-FIN |
| MSN: | 15-802 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Linköping-Saab Airport (LPI/ESSL) -
 Sweden
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Linköping ESSL |
| Linköping ESSL | |
| Investigating agency: | SHK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Training advanced flying at low altitude (chasing balloons). Stall at low altitude, crashed. JAS Gripen test pilot Tord Grims was killed in the crash.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.flyghistoria.org/kronologi/1980_1989.pdf
Crash investigation: https://www.havkom.se/assets/reports/RL-1986_43-SE-FIN.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2011 11:38 | Masen63 | Added |
| 19-Oct-2019 16:39 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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