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| Date: | Thursday 29 January 1981 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet E |
| Owner/operator: | Dassault-Bréguet/Dornier |
| Registration: | E71 |
| MSN: | 71 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Toulouse -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Toulouse |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spun in from 45000ft on pre-delivery test flight, the pilot was unable to recover the plane due to locked horizontal stabilizer. Civil pilot Bernard Witt ejected to safety.
Sources:
Flight International 9 Januar 1982, p72
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2013 17:16 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2013 14:36 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2018 15:17 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 04-Oct-2020 14:09 | TB | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 11-Apr-2025 06:56 | Gev340 | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
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