Accident Slingsby T67M260 Firefly ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181839
 
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Date:Wednesday 16 August 2006
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic RF6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Slingsby T67M260 Firefly
Owner/operator:Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: -   Jordan
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The training aircraft experienced a technical malfunction following an engine failure spin maneuver. The airplane spun to the ground out of control and one of the two pilots on board managed to bail out, the second pilot parachute was tangled with the airplane.
RJAF Statement : "The pilot made the spin maneuver two times and the third time, he exceeded the height of 10 thousand feet, he could not rise the plane, "and then he tried to get out of the plane, but the force of air during the descent of the plane prevented the opening of the glass room, the captain pilot accompanying the trainee broke the glass and got out of the plane , And then the captain opened his parachute, but the trainee apparently opened his parachute near the plane, which led to to pull him down and he died as a result."

Sources:

http://ar.ammannet.net/news/9576

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Nov-2015 17:24 TB Added
11-Oct-2018 17:56 Captain Adam Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]

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