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| Date: | Tuesday 15 October 2024 |
| Time: | c. 15:20 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing EA-18G Growler |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 168371 |
| MSN: | G57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mountainside E of Mount Rainier, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oak Harbor-Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, WA (KNUW) |
| Oak Harbor-Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, WA (KNUW) |
A US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, operated by Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 "Zappers", crashed "on a mountainside" east of Mount Rainier, Washington.
On the 16th of October around 12:30pm PDT the crash site was located, with SAR teams reaching the site on the 18th of October. This was due to the remoteness of the location and the inclement snowy weather. The US Navy declared the two crewmembers, Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, deceased on the 20th of October, releasing their names on the 21st.
Recovery operations are still being conducted. It is unclear the extent of the damage to the aircraft, but it is assumed that the aircraft has been destroyed.
Sources:
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3941061/us-navy-releases-names-of-vaq-130-aviators/
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3940376/update-4-search-continues-for-vaq-130-aviators/
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3940250/update-3-search-continues-for-vaq-130-aviators/
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3939301/update-2-search-continues-for-vaq-130-aviators/
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3937598/update-search-continues-for-vaq-130-aviators/
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3937425/search-continues-for-vaq-130-aviators/
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/483570/remembering-two-trailblazing-aviators-lt-cmdr-lyndsay-miley-evans-and-lt-serena-dug-wileman
https://news.usni.org/2024/10/15/growler-crew-members-status-unknown-after-crash
https://www.newsweek.com/us-navy-growler-aircraft-crashes-two-crew-board-mount-rainier-washington-1969714
https://abcnews.go.com/US/navy-jet-crashes-mount-rainier-2-crew-members/story?id=114842839
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/navy-aircraft-with-2-aboard-crashes-east-of-mount-rainier/3410333/
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-16/navy-growler-crash-mount-rainier-15522848.html
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/10/20/navy-pronounces-missing-ea-18g-growler-jet-aviators-deceased/
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/usn#results
Media:
Boeing P-8A Poseidon,US Navy,has been flying over Mount Rainier National Park area in Washington state from Burlington/Mount Vernon.
— Antony Ochieng,KE✈️ (@Turbinetraveler) October 16, 2024
Flying in a looping pattern, performing a series of circular maneuvers at an altitude of about 16,975 feet at 486 knots.
https://t.co/AUD3HZD4lC pic.twitter.com/qBELNUNE9J
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2024 07:46 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Oct-2024 07:48 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 16-Oct-2024 07:55 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2024 07:56 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 16-Oct-2024 08:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2024 08:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 16-Oct-2024 13:28 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Oct-2024 07:53 | Paradoxial | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Oct-2024 12:51 | Paradoxial | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2024 17:18 | JulietBravo | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Oct-2024 06:50 | JulietBravo | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Oct-2024 05:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Oct-2024 06:45 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, ] |
| 21-Oct-2024 07:40 | Paradoxial | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Oct-2024 08:56 | Paradoxial | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2025 05:57 | nhofmann54 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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