ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57098
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Date: | Tuesday 4 November 1980 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F-14A Tomcat |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) VF-111 Sundowners |
Registration: | 160670 |
MSN: | 289 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Pushback / towing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative: During high sea state on board the USS Kitty Hawk. F-14 Slid off hangar deck while moving with tow dolly attached. Elevator was still up at the time. The brake rider Plane Captain was Mark Kapusta. I was brake rider in the next F-14 to be moved. I was a witness to what happened that day.
Sources:
https://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries21.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
05-Jun-2023 07:47 |
nhofmann54 |
Updated |
09-Jan-2024 18:18 |
Tomcat Plane Captain |
Updated [Operator, Country, Narrative] |
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