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| Date: | Wednesday 2 September 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29N |
| Owner/operator: | Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) |
| Registration: | M43-17 |
| MSN: | 5313 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kampung Jaya Gading, Kuantan -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RMAF Kuantan |
| RMAF Kuantan |
Suffered a hydraulic failure. Returning to RMAF Kuatan after an emergency abort, the battery failed and the pilot was forced to eject. Aircraft crashed into forest. Subsequent inspection of all MiG-29 batteries found that the batteries did not meet the manufacturer's own specifications.
Sources:
Scramble 278
New Straits Times 28 October 1998, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2010 12:39 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2012 12:35 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Feb-2019 09:30 | TB | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 19-Feb-2019 13:18 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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