ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57775
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Date: | Thursday 8 October 1987 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 74-1633 |
MSN: | 4865 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dare County Range, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Training accident. Crew was conducting a two ship night time training mission when pilot reportedly became disoriented when flying into training range. Crashed
Both crew killed. Major Gary (Buck) Swisher Weapons System Officer.
Aircraft was part of the 335th Fighter Squadron located at Seymour Johnson AFB.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
- G. L. A. Swisher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
27-Jun-2014 14:57 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
05-Feb-2021 17:34 |
NUknight10 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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