ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56161
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Date: | Wednesday 4 December 2002 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II |
Owner/operator: | 57th Wg /66th WSqn USAF |
Registration: | 80-0225 |
MSN: | A10-0575 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 98 nmiles NW of Nellis AFB, Clark County, Nevada -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nellis AFB, Nevada (LSV/KLSV) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Destroyed in a mid-air collision with A-10A 79-0191 about 98 nautical miles north west of Nellis AFB, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Of the two pilots involved, Captain Eric Paul "Nutt" Palaro
(81st Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany) in 79-0191 was killed. The other pilot, Major Scott Kneip (instructor with the USAF Weapons School,A-10 division) in 80-0225 ejected safely
Sources:
1.
http://www.scramble.nl [Scramble 285]
2.
http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2003/A-10A%282%29_Nellis_4Dec02.pdf 3.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1980.html 4.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171019033444/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/A-10_Thunderbolt_II.htm 5.
http://www.airfighters.com/photo/48979/L/USA-Air-Force/Fairchild-A-10A-Thunderbolt-II/80-0225/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Dec-2013 20:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-May-2021 10:19 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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