ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77552
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| Date: | Monday 11 November 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-6-MC Harrier II |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-223 USMC |
| Registration: | 162727 |
| MSN: | 512047 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Villagarca de la Torre -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rota AB, Spain |
| USS Wasp | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aileron (role control) malfunction. Flew away from the Spanish village of Villagarcia de la Torre, Badajoz Province, Spain and crashed.
Pilot - Capt. Thomas P. Driscoll - ejected with the aircraft inverted but his parachute broke away before he reached the ground and he was killed
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries21.html
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
http://web.archive.org/web/20170721021837/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/YEAR_Pages/1991.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 13-Nov-2010 14:32 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Source] |
| 17-Aug-2011 00:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2020 12:59 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2021 19:46 | AV8B AV8r | Updated [Narrative] |
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