The Only Privately Owned MiG-23UB Flogger in the World Crashed at Air Show
Two pilots ejected out of a two-seat MiG-23UB Flogger, registration N23UB/1038107, participating in the air show at Willow Run Airport in Michigan on Sunday 13 August 2023.
The USSR-built MiG-23 Flogger jet fighter aircraft was taking part in the "Thunder over Michigan" air show at Willow Run Airport in Michigan, USA.
Two pilots ejected out of a two-seat MiG-23UB Flogger, registration N23UB/1038107, participating in the air show at Willow Run Airport in Michigan on Sunday 13 August 2023.
The pilots parachuted into Lake Belleville, they are in good health. The aircraft also crashed near Lake Belleville and suffered extensive damage.
The only privately owned Flogger in the world, MiG-23UB, N23UB, belonged to Dan Flier. Dan Flier is a former US Navy A-200 Intruder pilot with 6 carrier landings and forty-seven operational missions during the Gulf War. Today, he continues to be an airline pilot for United Airlines.
In the rear cockpit was Mark Ruff, a former US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and current United Airlines pilot.
The crashed MiG-23 was one of the highlights of the SUN 'n FUN Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, in April, and more recently at EAA's AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The fact that MiG-23UB N23UB/1038107 is the only privately owned MiG-23 Flogger in the world has attracted high interest and curiosity from aviation enthusiasts.
