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Date: | Tuesday 17 March 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | BAe Hawk Mk 51 |
Owner/operator: | HavLv 21 (Fighter Sqn 21) Finland AF |
Registration: | HW-302 |
MSN: | 312199 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tampere -
Finland
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pirkkala AB |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The pilot, Capt Kari Heilimo ejected but hit the ground after the aircraft had hit trees when coming out of the loop too low, and the aircraft was rolling. The passenger, who had forgot to remove the safety pin from the ejection seat and remained in the aircraft surviving the impact with the ground.
Capt Kari Heilimo ejected, as plane inverted very low, but hit the ground. Maj Jukka Uhari - did not eject and survived, albeit heavily wounded
Sources:
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200082.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222858/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
Finnish aviation accident database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2009 11:37 |
harro |
Updated |
25-Jan-2010 00:10 |
slowkid |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
30-Jul-2011 04:33 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Oct-2014 08:49 |
Earl |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |