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| Date: | Wednesday 6 April 2011 |
| Time: | 12:08 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet |
| Owner/operator: | VFA-122 US Navy |
| Registration: | 165877 |
| MSN: | ..../F037 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near NAS Lemoore (KNLC) California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Lemoore - KNLC |
| NAS Lemoore - KNLC |
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet 165877/NJ-122 crashed Wednesday in a field just outside Naval Air Station Lemoore (KNLC), CA, killing two aboard, Navy officials said.
Crew later named as Lt. Matthew Ira Lowe,33, from Plantation, Florida, and Lt. Nathan Hollingsworth Williams, 28, from Oswego, New York.
Sources:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/06/u-s-fighter-jet-crashes-in-california/?hpt=T2
https://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/04/navy-lemoore-2-killed-in-hornet-crash-040611w/
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/07/california.military.crash/index.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20170504131237/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/2011.htm#0426
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/6/7/1387763.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2011 17:49 | bizjets101 | Added |
| 06-Apr-2011 18:01 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2011 22:32 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 10-Apr-2011 02:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2011 07:34 | MarkStep | Updated [Source, ] |
| 15-Apr-2011 07:00 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Apr-2011 15:43 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Apr-2011 17:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, ] |
| 28-Apr-2011 03:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jul-2011 01:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2020 18:29 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 11-Feb-2020 20:18 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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