Accident McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet 164666, Sunday 14 September 1997
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Date:Sunday 14 September 1997
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F18H model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: 164666
MSN: 1096
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:75 mi NE of Raysut -   Oman
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS John F. Kennedy
Destination airport:USS John F. Kennedy
Narrative:
Crashed while performing low-level aerobatics, pilot killed.

Sources:

Scramble 221
http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzNavySearch.pl?target=F%2FA-18&series=3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/09/16/navy-pilot-from-md-dies-in-oman-crash/4be17e00-6729-4cfb-9278-2f7e15051757/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jan-2012 13:08 harro Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Sep-2025 14:14 ASN Updated [Location, Country, Source, ]
26-Sep-2025 15:29 GetHDC Updated [Narrative, ]

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