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| Date: | Tuesday 19 May 2015 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Saab JAS 39D Gripen |
| Owner/operator: | Magyar Légierő (Hungarian Airforce) |
| Registration: | 42 |
| MSN: | 39-851 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Čáslav AB -
 Czechia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kecskemét AB |
| Čáslav AB |
"Around 13:40 hours the accident occurred airplane Hungarian Air Force JAS-39 Gripen during the landing maneuver at the airport 21st Tactical Air Force Caslav. The aircraft callsign PUMA66 flew from Hungary to exercise Lion Effort 2015 "
"The crew not brake during landing two seater and before the end of the track was ejected. Both pilots are fine. The airplane rolled out of the flight and landing runways free field "
The aircraft ended up behind the runway in the field.
Technical faults were not behind the crash of a Hungarian Air Force Saab Gripen fighter aircraft on 19 May, Czech Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky said.
Sources:
https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/369896-na-letisti-v-caslavi-havaroval-gripen-piloti-se-katapultovali.html
https://domaci.ihned.cz/c1-64036500-v-caslavi-havaroval-madarsky-gripen-letoun-skoncil-v-poli-piloti-jsou-v-poradku_
http://www.letectvi.cz/letectvi/Article77474.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20151223111915/http://www.janes.com/article/51623/no-technical-problem-in-crashed-hungarian-gripen
Images:
Saab JAS39D Gripen 42 Hungarian Air Force (EHVK 15 June 2013), by Harro Ranter
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2015 14:25 | Yelush | Added |
| 19-May-2015 15:33 | kootcha | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 19-May-2015 16:31 | Masen63 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 19-May-2015 16:43 | Vaclav Kudela | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2015 17:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2015 18:52 | harro | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 20-May-2015 09:25 | kootcha | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 20-May-2015 11:32 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-May-2015 21:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2015 07:54 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, ] |
| 25-Oct-2015 15:44 | junior sjc | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 07-Jan-2017 21:14 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, ] |
| 07-Jan-2017 21:46 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 14-Jul-2017 18:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
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