ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77219
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| Date: | Saturday 28 June 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman A-6E Intruder |
| Owner/operator: | VMA(AW)-121 USMC |
| Registration: | 159902 |
| MSN: | I-578 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pacfic Ocean, near USS Ranger, off Coast of California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Ranger (CVA-61) off coast of Californa |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A-6 Intruder BuNo. 159902/'NE-400' of VMA (AW)-121 "Green Knights". Crashed and destroyed June 28 1986: Hydraulics failure during mission to carry out 300 gal drop tanks on ordnance stations one and five along with other stores also to observe and photograph surface vessels operating near USS Ranger (CV-61).
Both Crew - Pilot Captain Vincent Paul "Brillo" Higgins and Bombardier/Navigator Captain Richard Racine - ejected and were rescued by SH-3G helicopter
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 21-Mar-2016 00:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2019 17:28 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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