ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77228
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 November 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman EA-6B Prowler |
| Owner/operator: | VAMQ-1 USMC |
| Registration: | 164403 |
| MSN: | P-170 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, 26 miles off the coast, Point Lookout, North Carolina -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina (NKT/KNKT) |
| MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina (NKT/KNKT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Grumman EA-6B ICAP II Block 89 Prowler BuNo. 164403/CB-02 of VMAQ-1 based at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. Crashed November 21, 2001 into the Atlantic Ocean 26 miles off the coast of Point Lookout, North Carolina.
All four crew - including the pilot Major Mark "Willie" Nelson, and the ECMO-1 Captain Jason "Boots" Winn - ejected and were recovered OK. According to an eyewitness report from one of the crew involved:
"On 21 Nov 2001, I, along with three good friends, decided we had used up enough service life in the Marine Corps' Grumman EA-6B Prowler (BuNo: 164403 - ICAP II Block 89A) and it was time to say good-bye. I'm so grateful to Martin-Baker (and the VMAQ-1 Seat Shop Marines, led by Gy Sgt Cornwall) that we were all able to fly your four seats to an open water rescue. Rolling left and pitching nose down at ~500 knots, your seat worked "as advertised" (including the O2 in the seat pan; which, by the way, when bubbling inside a water-logged raft makes one think they are now in open ocean with a hole in their raft - my bad, not yours). As a side note, it's the seat pan tugging on, and slamming into, the bottom of the raft - not a shark - but I digress. I emerged with negligible injuries (minor cuts & scratches) after punching through the glass. From ejectee #5244, thanks Martin-Baker. You guys are the epitome of "Semper Fi". - Jason "Boots" Winn (fmr Capt. USMC)"
Prowler production came to an end with the delivery of the 170th example, BuNo 164403. It was delivered on July 29, 1991.
Sources:
1. Scramble 275
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries23.html
4. http://martin-baker.com/ejection-tie-club/
5. http://www.ea6bprowler.org/BUNOS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 05-Jan-2012 13:22 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport] |
| 05-Apr-2016 21:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2016 21:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 05-Apr-2016 22:21 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2016 13:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2016 14:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2020 17:16 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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