ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77559
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| Date: | Friday 26 January 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-8-MC Harrier II |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-542 / USMC |
| Registration: | 162942 |
| MSN: | 512067/064 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 23 miles NE of Ie Shima Airfield, Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kadena AB, Japan (DNA/RODN) |
| Osan AB, South Korea (OSN/RKSO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
1st LT. EARLE J. ANDERSON
Call Sign: Edge Died: Jan. 26, 1990
Anderson was a native of Clemson, S.C., and a graduate of the Citadel, which he attended on a Marine Corps scholarship.
He died while on a training flight from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa to Osan Air Base in South Korea. His AV-8B Harrier fell from 35,800 feet, sliced through a cloud bank and disappeared into the water. Neither the plane nor the body of Anderson, 25, was ever found.
The cause of the accident remains unknown. Investigators guessed that Anderson lost consciousness, perhaps from a depressurized cockpit. He may have missed danger signs because he had become "task saturated" while flying the plane, their report speculated.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20121118000509/http://www.scramble.nl:80/sb.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries21.html
Flight International 8-14 May 1991
http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6725
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 01-Dec-2010 06:40 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2011 03:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2011 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
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