ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58163
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| Date: | Friday 25 September 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force (IAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leh -
 India
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Leh AFS (VIHL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A demonstration low level flight for the press at Leh. Crashed during the approach due to a combination of rarefied air and sluggish engine response. Pilot F/L Ranjeet P. Damie ejected but killed when his parachute failed to fully deploy.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Accidents/details.php?crno=264
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2017 16:47 | JF | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2017 10:08 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 08-Feb-2019 13:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Apr-2021 06:20 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
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