ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185446
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 September 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Grumman A-6A Intruder |
| Owner/operator: | VA-42, US Navy |
| Registration: | 149939 |
| MSN: | I-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tangier Island Target Ranges, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA (NTU/KNTU) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A-6A Intruder BuNo 149939/'AD-503' of VA-42 "Green Pawns", US Navy; crashed and destroyed September 27 1966. Crashed at the Tangier Island Target Ranges, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Aircraft assigned a bombing training flight under IFR conditions. Cause of accident unknown. Both crew - Lt. Commander D. C. Owings and Lt D. R. Bibler - were presumed to have ejected, but both were killed.
Lt. Commander D. C. Owings body recovered on October 6, 1966 still in harness, with the chute streamed. A-6A Intruder BuNo 149939 was significant to VA-42, as it was the very first one to be delivered to the squadron on June 12 1963
Sources:
1. http://www.seaforces.org/usnair/VA/Attack-Squadron-42.htm
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries18.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
4. http://www.intruderassociation.org/squadrons/va42.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2016 19:59 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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