ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230032
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 October 2019 |
| Time: | 18:13 |
| Type: | Boeing E-6B Mercury |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 164410 |
| MSN: | 24509 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing E-6B Mercury aircraft, assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 was damaged after one or more birds were ingested by one of its four engines.
A test and evaluation team was aboard at the time conducting a system test. No one on the aircraft was injured.
Sources:
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/10/17/bird-strike-grounds-navy-doomsday-aircraft/
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae041c&lat=38.182&lon=-76.377&zoom=10.9&showTrace=2019-10-02&trackLabels
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2019 19:23 | harro | Added |
| 17-Oct-2019 19:25 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2023 06:17 | nhofmann54 | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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