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| Date: | Friday 15 March 1996 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: | Lockheed S-3B Viking |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 159734 |
| MSN: | 3063 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Puerto Rico -
 Puerto Rico
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) |
Crashed in the ocean after a night catapult launch. Lt Thomas P. Wilcox III and Lt Donald R. Cioffi.
Sources:
Flight International 4-10 June 1997
http://www.uscarriers.net/cvn74history.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Mar-2011 15:32 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Sep-2011 06:13 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 28-Mar-2022 13:05 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 28-Mar-2022 13:13 | TB | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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