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| Date: | Monday 25 January 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | VF-14 US Navy |
| Registration: | 149419 |
| MSN: | 136 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Oceana, Virginia (NTU/KNTU) |
McDonnell Douglas F4H-1 (F-4B-9-MC) Phantom II, Bu.No 149419/'AB', VF-14, US Navy: Written off (destroyed) January 25, 1965 when entered 'porpoise' manouevre near Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, USA. Aircraft went out of control, and both crew - Captain W. E. Morgan (pilot) and CW02 K. Moffitt (RIO) ejected and survived.
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://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFA-14_(U.S._Navy)#1960s
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2021 11:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 20-Apr-2024 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator, ] |
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