ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57883
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Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas F-4N Phantom II |
Owner/operator: | USMC |
Registration: | 153026 |
MSN: | 1538 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Leach Lake tactics range -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:USMC Pilot did everything correctly thru ejection (RIO survived), but the fireball melted his ejection parachute and the fall was fatal - but not immediately.
Sources:
Scramble 261
VHPA, Find-a-grave
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Nov-2022 14:43 |
Rodger Asai |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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