ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56404
Last updated: 6 September 2020
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| Date: | 16-JAN-1988 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought A-7E Corsair II |
| Owner/operator: | VA-22 US Navy |
| Registration: | 159644 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | USS Enterprise - |
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Enterprise |
Lost when slid off of elevator #2 during respot. Aviation Mechanic, SA Paul E. Miller, who was sitting in the cockpit when the plane rolled off the flight deck, was lost at sea.
Sources:
ejection-history.org
uscarriers.net/cvn65history
http://articles.latimes.com/print/1988-01-19/news/mn-37057_1_attack-squadron
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-22/news/mn-25295_1_lemoore-naval-air-station-pilot
Mooseroots - Peacetime Casualties
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2012 00:52 | Rodger Asai | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2017 14:01 | Rodger Asai | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2020 17:26 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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