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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-311 / USMC |
| Registration: | 163685 |
| MSN: | 160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off San Diego, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Powerloss on carrier takeoff; pilot ejected.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20121118000509/http://www.scramble.nl:80/sb.htm
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries22.htm]l
Flight International 8-14 May 1991
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194629/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1990.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 July 1992 | 163684 | VMA-311 / USMC | 0 | MCAS Yuma, Arizona | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 01-Dec-2010 06:45 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2011 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
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