ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77562
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 January 1991 |
| Time: | 23:50 LT |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-8-MC Harrier II |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-331 / USMC |
| Registration: | 162954 |
| MSN: | 512082/076 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Persian Gulf. off Musandam Peninsula -
 Oman
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Nassau |
| USS Nassau | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into sea on night approach to USS Nassau.
CAPT. MANUEL RIVERA JR.
Call Sign: Buick Died: Jan. 22, 1991
Rivera made 29 landings aboard his squadron's ship in the three weeks before his crash. But on the night he died, while conducting a training mission during the Persian Gulf War, he smashed into the Omani coastline while approaching the deck of the amphibious assault ship Nassau for a landing, according to a Marine investigation.
The cause could not be determined. Investigators initially speculated Rivera may have become disoriented by a false horizon or that his vision may have been obscured by condensation on the AV-8B's canopy. But senior officers dismissed those explanations as guesswork.
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries21.html
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Oman
http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6725
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 10-Oct-2010 14:52 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2011 03:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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