ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194143
Last updated: 22 June 2018
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| Date: | 23-OCT-1983 |
| Time: | approx 4:00 |
| Type: |  OV-10A Bronco |
| Owner/operator: | USMC |
| Registration: | BuNo 155444 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Evolution Lake South of Mount Darwin - Sierra Nevadas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Lemoore |
| China Lake |
An aircraft malfunction made it necessary for both pilots to eject. investigation found that the speed altitude sensor sensed the 10,000 ft.+ ejection and delayed deployment of the parachutes, but the aircraft was only 50 ft. above the mountain canyon rim causing Major Harold LaVaughen Reeves Jr. to get a partial chute (with fatal result). Major Timothy Hill survived the event.
Sources:
www.chinalakealumni.org/shipmates
newspapers.com
mooseroots-peacetime casualties
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2017 10:16 | Rodger Asai | Added |
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