Incident Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier 159259,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77341
 
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Date:Sunday 27 November 1977
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic HAR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier
Owner/operator:VMA-231 / USMC
Registration: 159259
MSN: 712168/90
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:MCAS Cherry Point, NC -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MCAS Cherry Point (NKT/KNKT)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
AV-8A Harrier 159259 of VMA-231 (Tailcode 'CG-2') crashed at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina; pilot ejected sucessfully

Struck off charge 30 January 1978

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20121118000509/http://www.scramble.nl:80/sb.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
http://www.harrier.org.uk/history/AV8APROD.PDF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 November 1977 158708 VMA-231 / USMC 0 21 NM off Kadena, Okinawa w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Sep-2010 14:30 ASN Archive
24-Aug-2011 11:21 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
27-Aug-2011 14:02 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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