ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185762
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Date: | Sunday 20 September 1970 |
Time: | 17:15 |
Type: | Grumman A-6A Intruder |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 157015 |
MSN: | I-484 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Vicksburg, MS -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | El Paso, TX |
Destination airport: | NAS Oceana, VA/VA-145 |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Flame-out at 20,000ft during training flight and crashed into the Eagle Lake, LA/MS. Pilot Lt Lowell Boaz and navigator Lt (jg) Tom Connelly ejected safely and one landed on the head of the lake (MS) and the other on Australia Island, LA in the lake.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 22 September 1970, p3A
Scramble
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Mar-2016 19:13 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
23-Mar-2016 19:14 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
28-Jan-2022 15:31 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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