ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82595
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| Date: | Thursday 26 July 1973 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | Blue Angels US Navy |
| Registration: | 153072 |
| MSN: | 1506 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| NAS Lakehurst, NJ | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mid-air collision between two F-4J Phantoms of the "Blue Angels" display team over Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, during an arrival practice.
The midair collision occurred about 16:30 local after conducting a local safety check landmark verification that was also known as the pre-arrival air show. The two aircraft section was climbing and joining the other two aircraft section heading about 150(T) about one mile south of the centre of the station jump circle. The aircraft impacted at about 40.01 North/74.22 West, at about 2000 feet altitude. The aircraft made contact with the ground, and crossed two lane highway at about 39.59 North/74.21West
Both Flight crew member of #072 - CAPT Mike Murphy and Crew Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald Thomas - were killed in the crash.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160729213221/http://www.blueangels-usn.org/accident_history.html
http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
http://web.archive.org/web/20171004223201/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/AEROBATIC/Blue_Angels/Blue_Angels.htm
La Nación 26 July 1973, p22
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Nov-2011 14:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2012 05:46 | Asianjade | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 18-Aug-2013 17:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2017 17:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code] |
| 13-May-2018 16:30 | j155 | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-May-2018 13:10 | j155 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 13:11 | j155 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 13:11 | j155 | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Feb-2020 11:11 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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