ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180562
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 October 2015 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing F/A-18C Hornet |
| Owner/operator: | VMFA-232 USMC |
| Registration: | 165181/WT-00 |
| MSN: | 1304/C406 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ely, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk (LKZ/EGUL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Hornet took off from RAF Lakenheath with five other Hornets from the squadron around 9:20 a.m. local time, heading back to the U.S.
Evidence seems to point to a problem with the aircraft's inertial navigation system that led the pilot to putting the system on standby mode. That, coupled with deeply overcast weather conditions, a low cloud ceiling, and another likely misalignment to an instrument that displays pitch and roll, may have cost the pilot his spatial awareness just long enough to put him in a dive from which he could not recover.
Sources:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/12/07/uncertainty-still-surrounds-hornet-crash-killed-marine-pilot.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2015 11:23 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 21-Oct-2015 11:29 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 11:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 11:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 12:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 12:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Oct-2015 14:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 14:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 14:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 14:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 16:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2015 17:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 21-Oct-2015 19:05 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2015 17:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2015 23:36 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 23-Oct-2015 11:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2015 12:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2015 12:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2017 08:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2017 15:25 | Supersnooper | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2017 15:27 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2019 17:48 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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