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| Date: | Thursday 8 January 2004 |
| Time: | 19:03 |
| Type: |  Dassault Mirage 2000D |
| Owner/operator: | EC 2/3 Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | 621/3-JG |
| MSN: | 421 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mas-Saint-Chély -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nancy-Ochey Air Base (BA 133) (LFSO) |
| Nancy-Ochey Air Base (BA 133) (LFSO) |
A Dassault Mirage 2000D departed Nancy-Ochey Air Base (BA 133) at 17:26 on an assault and in-flight refueling exercise.
At an altitude of FL345 the airspeed seemed to drop and an amber caution light illuminated. The crew initiated a descend but the airspeed indicator showed a decreasing speed. The crew ejected at FL260. The airplane crashed.
Cause: possible freezing of water that had entered the pitot tube.
Sources:
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/14711/132071/file/telecharger_le_rapport_public_bead_air_a_2004_001_a.pdf
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Mirage_2000/mirage_2000.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2012 13:50 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2018 06:30 | JF | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Sep-2018 08:56 | JF | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 23-Dec-2019 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 01-Apr-2022 19:34 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn, Country, ] |
| 25-May-2022 08:20 | Cobar | Updated [Country, ] |
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