Incident McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle 77-0072,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60382
 
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Date:Wednesday 3 October 1979
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F15 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle
Owner/operator:9th TFSqn /49th TFWg USAF
Registration: 77-0072
MSN: 0347/A284
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:NAS Fallon, Nevada -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Nellis AFB, Nevada
Destination airport:NAS Fallon, Nevada
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed after colliding with F-15A 77-0061, also of the 9 TFS 49 TFW. One aircraft (77-0072) was destroyed in the collision, but the other (77-061) sucessfully made an emergency landing at NAS Fallon, Nevada (and was still in USAF service on 15/01/2008)

Sources:

www.scramble.nl
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1977.html
http://www.f-15.nl/wo.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029221354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/f-15.htm

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Apr-2012 16:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Mar-2013 00:40 osvidar6 Updated [Departure airport, Embed code]
25-Apr-2014 08:19 Anon. Updated [Embed code]
30-May-2021 10:25 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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