ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57195
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| Date: | Monday 11 February 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman EA-6A Electric Intruder |
| Owner/operator: | VAQ-33, US Navy |
| Registration: | 156988 |
| MSN: | I-457 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15nm SE of St. Augustine, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Key West, FL |
| NAS Cecil Field, FL (NZC/KNZC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
EA-6A Intruder BuNo. 156988, GD-110 of VAQ-33, US Navy. Crashed February 11, 1991: Total hydraulic failure en route to NAS Cecil Field. Crashed 15 nm SE of S. Augustine, Florida. Both crew ejected - the Pilot was LCDR Stanton V. 'Rainman' Parsons and LT Linda L. Heid was the Bombardier/Navigator. She was the 1st woman to eject using a Martin-Baker seat and the 2nd woman to eject from a US Navy jet. Both aircrew survived the ejection.
Parsons says: "We did not eject under the most desirable conditions, like the times we had practiced in training. The aircraft had violently snap-rolled into a rapid, nose low, diving spiral from around 15, 000 feet. I had applied full right rudder and full aft right stick to try to counter this with no response from the airplane. After Linda ejected, I reached for the lower ejection handle & pulled--accepting the circumstances that I was going out under less than optimum conditions. Everything worked as advertised."
Sources:
1. Flight International 13-19 May 1992 p.25 at https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%201221.html
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
5. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/366646-pilot-seat-separation.html#post4801189
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jan-2009 11:25 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Apr-2016 20:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2017 20:23 | Ironclaw | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2017 15:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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