ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57255
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| Date: | Sunday 16 December 1979 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Grumman EA-6B Prowler |
| Owner/operator: | VAQ-134, US Navy |
| Registration: | 158037 |
| MSN: | P-14 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Capaci, Palermo, Sicily -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Nimitz (CVN-68) |
| Palermo | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fuel starvation. Aircraft attempted to divert to Palermo. Crashed into three empty houses near Capaci, while attempting emergency landing at Palermo Airport. Pilot Lt Bobby Dark killed. Lt P. B. Holtzbaur, Lt (JG) Robert Handricks and Lt (JG) Jim Mackins ejected safely and were recovered.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1979/12/19/page_005.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Mar-2009 22:17 | super80 | Updated |
| 30-Mar-2016 16:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2020 15:31 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2020 15:37 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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