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| Date: | Thursday 31 July 2003 |
| Time: | 11:19 |
| Type: | Lockheed S-3B Viking |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 160122 |
| MSN: | 3104 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ca 10 mi SE of Athens, GA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Jacksonville, FL (09:15) |
Crashed shortly after departure at Echols Mill, just off Sandy Cross Road, in a rural wooded area of Oglethorpe County, about 10 miles southeast of Athens, in northeastern Georgia. The two crew ejected safely. Smoke in the cockpit and hydraulics lost.
Sources:
Scramble 292
AFM OCT 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jan-2021 15:15 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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