ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77329
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| Date: | Saturday 27 July 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-513 / USMC |
| Registration: | 158971 |
| MSN: | 712132/54 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, WI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | MCAS Beaufort (BFT/KNBC) |
| Mitchell Field (MKE/KMKE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed from hover during demo at Mitchell Field during the Trans-Aire/Milwaukee show. Plane was based at MCAS Beaufort.
The impact explosion cooked off the initiator cartridge sending the pilot and the seat up the rails and out of the aircraft.
Pilot was later named as Capt. S. C. Torrent.
Coordinates 42°56′50″N, 087°53′48″W
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
Milwaukee Sentinel, July 29, 1974
http://web.archive.org/web/20170818203747/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1974.htm
http://www.harrier.org.uk/history/AV8APROD.PDF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mitchell_International_Airport
Netherlands National Archive, UPI pressphoto of the crash scene: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/994ed57a-5a22-f043-80be-811294c254a3
Netherlands National Archive, UPI pressphoto teken just before impact: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/9c28fdf7-0042-2e9c-ef23-2e0f3528ef54
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 03-Jul-2011 00:28 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2011 09:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2012 09:06 | skyking | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2016 14:58 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-May-2021 19:41 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Jun-2021 16:06 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
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