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Date: | Thursday 10 September 1987 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-8-MC Harrier II |
Owner/operator: | VMA-542 USMC |
Registration: | 162961 |
MSN: | 512089/083 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Twenty Nine Palms Range, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | MCAGCC 29 Palms, CA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed Prior to landing at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms
San Bernardino County, located at 34°14′48″N,116°5′28″W, within the Morongo Basin and the High Desert region of the Mojave Desert, in Southern California: pilot ejected safely
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20121118000509/http://www.scramble.nl:80/sb.htm http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries21.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194619/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1987.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Ground_Combat_Center_Twentynine_Palms
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2010 14:30 |
ASN Archive |
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24-Aug-2011 22:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Feb-2020 17:07 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |