ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55677
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 May 2002 |
| Time: | 22:00 LT |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS(T) |
| Owner/operator: | GAFFTC Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 45+62 |
| MSN: | GT055/4262 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 30 mi N of Holloman AFB, NM -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Holloman AFB, NM |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in mountains during low-level practise; the co-pilot ejected to safety; the pilot (37) was killed.
Crashed at 20:30hrs in Upper Laborcita Canyon, near Bent, on the Mescalera Indian Reservation in the Sacramento Mountains, about 20 miles (32km) northeast of its base at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. One crew member was recovered and taken to the Gerald Champion Medical Center in Alamogordo, where he was said to be in stable condition. The second crewman was killed, his body found the following morning. The crash started a 25 acre (10 hectare) forest fire in the ponderosa pine trees.
Sources:
Scramble 277
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/showthread.php?8619-Tornado-Verluste
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2011 07:08 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2011 07:28 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2012 01:16 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2014 19:35 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2019 17:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2020 19:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2020 19:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Phase, Operator] |
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