ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77354
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| Date: | Thursday 25 April 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley AV-8AHarrier |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-231 / USMC |
| Registration: | 159231 |
| MSN: | 712141 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 37 miles from NAS Fallon, Nevada -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Fallon, NV |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
1st LT. DONALD R. FLATLIE
Call Sign: Flatbush Died: April 25, 1985
Flatlie was practicing dogfighting maneuvers with another plane when he banked his AV-8A too severely. The plane failed to recover from its turn, hit the ground and exploded.
The investigation cited "pilot error in judgment" as the cause of the crash at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev.
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985
http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6725
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 18-Aug-2011 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2019 18:20 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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