
The MiG-23 was taking part in “Thunder over Michigan” airshow at Willow Run Airport.
Two pilots ejected from a privately owned two-seat MiG-23UB Flogger, registration N23UB/1038107, taking part in the Thunder Over Michigan airshow at Willow Run Airport, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 16.15LT on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
The pilots ejected and landed in Belleville Lake according to the media reports, while the jet crashed near the Waverly on the Lake Apartments in Belleville.
“The pilot and backseater successfully ejected from the aircraft before the crash,” Wayne County Airport Authority stated. “While it did not appear they sustained any significant injuries, first responders transported the pair to a nearby hospital as a precaution.”

The MiG-23UB, the only private Flogger in the world, was owned by former U.S. Navy pilot Dan Flier who runs a popular Instagram page providing updates on the N23UB as well as other Floggers in the process of being restored.

The pilot of the MiG-23 that crashed on August 13, 2023, Sunday at Thunder Over Michigan was Dan Filer. According to a July 25, 2022 article by Jamey Boyum on ABC7 KLTV, story, Boyum is a United Airlines pilot and former U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder pilot with 200 carrier landings and forty-seven missions during the Gulf War

The stricken aircraft had been one of the highlights of the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo at Lakeland, Florida, in April, and, more recently, the EAA’s AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
