ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 254137
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| Date: | Thursday 12 November 1964 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | VF-14, US Navy |
| Registration: | 149412 |
| MSN: | 129 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), Cretan Sea, off Crete -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), Cretan Sea, off Crete |
| USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), Cretan Sea, off Crete, | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II Bu No 149412/'AB' of VF-14, US Navy: Written off in a nighttime landing accident on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), Cretan Sea, off Crete, when the undercarriage collapsed in a 'hard' landing. Both crew survived with minor injuries, but neither ejected.
NOTE: AS the incident took place on the night of 11/12 November 1964, various published sources give either 11 November or 12 November 1964 as the crash date. It is not known if the aircraft crashed before or after midnight
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-4.html
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries18.html
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115212455/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_PHANTOM_USA/f4_phantom_US_1959-1965.htm
5. http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzNavySearch.pl?target=+F-4&series=3
6. http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Refit
8. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/f/franklin-d-roosevelt-cvb-42.html
9. https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv42-64/index.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2021 11:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2021 11:31 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase] |
| 23-Jun-2022 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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