It would appear no one was more surprised than the pilot when he and a back-seat "observer" ejected from the MiG-23 they were flying at a Michigan airshow Aug. 13. In the preliminary report on the incident, the NTSB says pilot and aircraft owner Dan Filer did not order the ejection but the back-seater might have. "The pilot reported that he was not ready to eject and was still troubleshooting the problem and maneuvering the airplane toward runway 27 at YIP when his ejection seat fired, and he was out of the airplane," the report said. "He stated that if either occupant pulls the ejection handle, both seats ejected."
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/mig-airshow-pilot-says-he-was-not-ready-to-eject