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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1996 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Northrop F-5E |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 159881 |
| MSN: | R1115 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Clan-Alpine mountains, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Fallon, NV |
Encountered an unspecified problem during a sortie from its base. Pilot Lt Cdr Richard T. Ryon from VFC-13 ejected fefore the aircraft crashed 60 miles (96km) northeast of Fallon but he was killed. Unit VF-127.
Sources:
AFM April 1996, p59
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2017 15:23 | TB | Added |
| 26-Oct-2018 17:31 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
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