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| Date: | Monday 17 September 2001 |
| Time: | 20:10 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | C2071 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Pilibanga -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Suratgarh AFS (VI43) |
| Suratgarh AFS /VI43) |
Thirty three seconds after takeoff, stalled and crashed about two miles from rwy. The pilot died in the crash. **near village of Pilibanga, northeast of the Air Base. 23 Sqn Ambala. Pilot overcorrected after excessive pitch-up just after getting airborn and overcorrecting at 250 meters height and speed of 700km/h in darkness.
Sources:
Scramble 297
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EF25Df08.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20171024011617/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Fishbed.html
**AFM November 2001, p73/MAR 2004
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jul-2016 06:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2017 08:26 | JF | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Feb-2017 15:03 | JF | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 08-Feb-2019 13:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Oct-2019 19:04 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-May-2021 08:37 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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