ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144845
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| Date: | Friday 6 April 2012 |
| Time: | 12:10 LT |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet |
| Owner/operator: | VFA-106 US Navy |
| Registration: | 163436 |
| MSN: | 636/D002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Birdneck Road, Virginia Beach, near NAS Oceana - NTU/KTNU, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Oceana - NTU/KTNU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A US Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet of VFA-106 (coded AD-411) crashed into an apartment building near Birdneck Road, in suburbs of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The two crew members ejected and were taken to a nearby hospital.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9440483&l=6c8406d85b&id=115682686145
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2906597985382&set=o.115682686145&type=3&theater
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126223/Virginia-beach-plane-crash-F-18-hits-apartment-building.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/06/us/virginia-plane-crash/
http://web.archive.org/web/20120424070301/http://www.chicagotribune.com:80/news/chi-0406-jet-crash-story,0,5180862.story
JAGMAN: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/393950/navys-results-of-va-beach-jet-crash-investigation.pdf
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2012 10:31 | harro | Added |
| 06-Apr-2012 10:37 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 10:40 | harro | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 10:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 11:01 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 11:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 11:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 11:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2012 10:22 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 07-Apr-2012 10:23 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2012 13:58 | Martijn | Updated [Registration, Embed code] |
| 12-Apr-2012 17:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2012 13:36 | Mr Hornet | Updated [Registration, Cn, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2020 18:29 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2020 20:19 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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