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Date: | Wednesday 16 July 2003 |
Time: | 17:30 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-11-MC Harrier II |
Owner/operator: | VMAT-203 / USMC |
Registration: | 163201 |
MSN: | 115 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Virginia Capes Ops Area, 30 Miles SSE of MCAS Cherry Point, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Cherry Point, NC (KNKT) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Air combat maneuvering sortie; at approx 17:30 EST, a Harrier from Cherry Point crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 40 miles off shore, at the Virginia Capes Ops Area, about 30 miles SSE of the base.
Pilot - 1st Lt. D. A. Shipley - ejected safely
Sources:
Scramble 303
http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzNavySearch.pl?target=AV-8B&series=3
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nigel.sadler1/Accidents_2003.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20170531100835/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/2003.htm#jul
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2010 14:30 |
ASN Archive |
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03-Aug-2011 04:33 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |