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1982 - 0081.PDF
r#* ll^^lM ^Miira iWri&jBi ^i^^il^^St^|j|^f<i^i^^M ^^^.'iilBW^wwwBt Military flight safety: 1981 reviewed THE second annual survey of mili tary accidents and incidents shows an increase in numbers over the 1980 figures. But it must be borne in mind that not all air arms publi cise accidents. So while every attempt has been made to make the listings as complete as possible, there may be a few accidents which are not in cluded. At first glance, the accidents might seem to have differing causes. But do they? Would a new phrase, "mission- fixation", fit the bill? The Royal Air Force call it press-on-itis. It is a killer disease. Is it really necessary to con tinue with half of your electrics/ hydraulics off line? Would it be safer to give TV and radio masts a wider berth? The guy cables extend quite a way out from a 1,000ft mast. Is it really worth taking risks just to make the squadron bosses' state board look nice? Perhaps the cause of mission fixation lies on the ground. Peer obsession? All the chinagraph ticks in the world are not worth a damn if you're dead. Trying to explain "tick- chasing" to a board of inquiry is not much fun either. Charity might begin at home; flight safety must. Date 2.1.81 3.1.81 8.1.81 9.1.81 12.1.81 12.1.81 12.1.81 14.1.81 14.1.81 15.1.81 17.1.81 18.1.81 19.1.81 19.1.81 19.1.81 20.1.81 20.1.81 20.1.81 21.1.81 21.1.81 21.1.81 23.1.81 28.1.81 30.1.81 30.1.81 2.2.81 Type A-6E Intruder F-4 Phantom F-4G Phantom Country USA Iran USA A-10A Thunderbolt II USA F-4G Phantom F-4S Phantom 8 * A-7D Corsair I USA USA \Puerto Rico, 1 x F-104 Starfighter/USA F-4D Phantom C-130E Hercules SP-13H Atlantic A-7D Corsair II P-3A Orion Alpha Jet Sea King HAS.2A AV-8A Harrier USA USA Netherlands Iowa, USA USA France UK USA F-16A Fighting Falcon Israel F-4S Phantom A-7E Corsair II F-4E Phantom F-5E Tiger II \ F-15B Eagle / Saab 32 Lansen Jet Provost T.5A FB-111A Bulldog Sea King Mk 42 USA USA USA USA USA Sweden UK USA Malaysia India Service M AF AF AF AF M ANG AF AF N ANG N PD N *IC AF N N AF AF AF Swedair AF AF AF N Unit VMAT-202 35TFW 81 TFW 3TFW VMFA-112 198 TFS 401 TFW 435 TAW 321 Sqn 185 TFG VP-69 — 824 Sqn VMAT-203 51 CW 57TTW 57TTW — 1 FTS 509 BW FTS Location Dane County, North Carolina Straits of Hormuz George AFB, Calif. Off Donna Nook Philippines At sea, USS Forrestal San Juan IAP 100 n.m. North-east of Madrid Ramstein AB, W.G. 113 n.m. West of Hebrides Nellis Ranges NAS Whidley Island Nr Toulouse Persian Gulf MCAS Cherry Point Israel Indian Ocean 50 n.m. South of Seoul, S. Korea Nellis Ranges Vidsel, Sweden 4 n.m. North-west of Leuchars, Scotland Portsmouth, New Hampshire Arau, Malaysia Off Cochin F 1 2 1 1 2 9 3 1 1 1 2 1 S 1 9 1 Remarks On range, from MCAS Cherry Point Not hostile action Live firing sortie During night landing, aircraft from MCAS Beaufort hit Terrorist bomb attack Air intercept mission Crashed just after take-off Ditched while on Kiev shadowing mission, elevator failure On Red Flag On landing, no casualties Spun in on pre-delivery test-flight, locked elevator (?) Ditched, recovered Seat malfunction on low ejection Mid-air with F-4 \Both from USS Independence /"unrelated accidents 2 2 2 Crew ejected Mid-air collision during 2 x F-15 6 x F-5 Red Flag engagement Target-tug contractor Solo student, navigation exercise Crew "ejected", aircraft crashed on apartment building,no ground casualties Hit trees, crashed on school Ditched and sank A Army; AB Air Base; AFB Air Force Base; AG Aufklarungsgeschwader; Ala Wing (Spain); ANG Air National Guard; AP Airport; AvCo Aviation Company; AW Air Wing; BW Bomb Wing; CAB Cavalry Air Brigade; CAF Canadian Armed Forces; CAG Canadian Air Group; CFS Central Flying School; EC Escadre; ETPS Empire Test Pilots School; EVA Sqn (Spain); F Wing (Sweden); FIS Fighter Interceptor Sqn; Fit Flight; FRADU Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit; FTS Flying Training School; HMA Marine Helicopter Attack Sqn; HMH Marine Heavy Helicopter Sqn; HML Marine Light Helicopter Sqn; HMM Marine Medium Helicopter Sqn; JBG Jagdbombergeschwader; JG Jagdgeschwader; MAW Military Airlift Wing; M Marine Corps; MFG Marinefleigergesehwader; N Navy; NAS Naval Air Station; NATC Naval Air Test Centre; OCU Operational Conversion Unit; PD Pre-delivery; Rgt Regiment; SRW(S) Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (Sqn); TAW(S> Tactical Airlift Wing (Sqn); TCW(S> Tactical Control Wing (Sqn); TFTS Tactical Fighter Training Sqn; TFW(S) Tactical Fighter Wing (Sqn); TRW(S)(G) Tactical Recce, Wing (Sqn)(Group); TWU Tactical Weapons Unit; VA Fleet Attack Sqn; VAQ Tactical Electronics Warfare Sqn; VMA(T) Marine Attack Training Sqn; VMA(Q) Marine Tactical Electronics Warfare/Attack Sqn; VMFA Marine Fighter Attack Sqn; VP Fleet Patrol Sqn; WG Wing; W.G. West Germany FLIGHT international, 9 January 1982 79
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