ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54499
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| Date: | Monday 29 June 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas/BAe AV-8B Harrier II |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-214 / USMC |
| Registration: | 163875 |
| MSN: | 183 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Davenport Municipal Airport, Scott County, Iowa -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Davenport, IA (DVN/KDVN) |
| MCAS Yuma, AZ (KNYL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on take off from Davenport Municipal Airport, Iowa, while taking part in the "Quad City" air show. Loss of engine power on take off, and the pilot quickly ran out of runway. The Harrier veered left across a field and then dipped into a shallow drainage ditch abutting Slopertown Road, shearing off the nose and the main landing gear.
Pilot - Marine Capt. Jeffrey J. Smith - ejected, but later died from injuries sustained. In a tragic twist, the pilot's parents had been at the air show, and had videoed the fatal take off.
Sources:
1. Flight Int. 8-14 July 1992
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries22.htm]l
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170811004942/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1992.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_Municipal_Airport_(Iowa)
5. http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6724 (Obituary of pilot and pictures of crash)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2008 10:22 | harro | Added |
| 17-Aug-2011 00:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2011 05:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2013 19:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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