ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185806
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| Date: | Monday 13 January 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman F-14A Tomcat |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 159846 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | SoCal Operating area -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Enterprise |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft recovered aboard USS Enterprise to begin a WESTPAC deployment. In the process of shutting down the aircraft and deplaning, the ejection seats were inadvertently initiated while neither aircrew were buckled into their seat. MODEX was NH205, BuNo 159846 (Aircraft was lost the next month in a separate accident)
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171104052039/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/f-14.htm
Witness, USS Enterprise 1986
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2016 09:31 | cascadian | Added |
| 24-Jun-2017 16:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
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