ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160924
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| Date: | 23-SEP-2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom |
| Owner/operator: | 61st Tactical Fighter Sqn Iran Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | runway 31L Bushehr Air Base (OIBB) -
 Iran
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | OIBB |
| Bushehr AB (OIBB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An F-4E crashed in a hard landing accident at Bushehr's airport runway 31L. The pilot( Major Arash Rezaee) was killed during a failed ejection sequence, WSO (Captain Masoud Salimi-nejad) suffered spine fracture during the ejection. The cause of crash has been deemed as 'loss of hydraulic systems' before landing. Pilot did 3 turn arounds to correct the speed and attitude. Nose wheel broken on the 3rd landing attempt.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=373312156135806&set=a.101864006613957.2196.101833186617039&type=1
http://ganjjang.ir/forum/showthread.php?tid=695
https://theaviationist.com/2013/09/27/iriaf-f-4-crash/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2013 06:37 | harro | Added |
| 25-Sep-2013 09:23 | WinstonCN | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Sep-2013 10:41 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Damage] |
| 26-Sep-2013 19:37 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Oct-2013 10:58 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2013 08:04 | WinstonCN | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2016 15:09 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 20-Sep-2019 19:15 | JF | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 29-Jan-2020 08:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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