ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57203
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman A-6E Intruder |
| Owner/operator: | NATC Patuxent River |
| Registration: | 159568 |
| MSN: | I-557 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the junction of Routes 360 and 695, West of Burgess, Virginia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River, Maryland (NHK/KNHK) |
| Patuxent River, Maryland (NHK/KNHK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A-6 Intruder BuNo. 159568 of VA-145, US Navy, on loan to the Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center in Maryland. Crashed August 15, 1990 in a soybean field near the junction of Routes 360 and 695, west of Burgess, Virginia, 35 miles south of the air test center. Doing routine flight control checks prior to a test flight.
During these checks, an weight in the back of the aircraft came loose and lodged in the flight controls. The aircraft became unflyable, the Bombardier/Navigator was ejected and the pilot killed in the crash. Captain Hazelrigg was the Chief Test Pilot of the Naval Strike Aircraft Test Squadron at the time of the crash.
Captain Steve "Axel" Hazelrigg was the pilot and the hangar at Paxtuxent River is named in his honor. Lt William C. "Catfish" Davis was the bombardier/navigator, and he ejected, but was injured, sustaining a broken shoulder, arm and leg.
The damaged airframe was rebuilt for static display at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. A formal ceremony dedicating the A-6E Intruder to the memory of Capt. Steven “Axel” Hazelrigg was held on May 11, 2004, in front of Naval Test Wing Atlantic headquarters.
Sources:
1. Flight International 8-14 May 1991 p.44 at https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%201200.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
5. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HAZELRIGG/2003-03/1047849013
6. https://www.intruderassociation.org/pdf/Spring2004.pdf
7. https://www.intruderassociation.org/Spring_2006.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-May-2009 08:10 | harro | Updated |
| 11-Oct-2014 10:05 | kdbones | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2016 17:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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