ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177270
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Date: | Wednesday 24 June 2015 |
Time: | 20:00 |
Type: | Lockheed-Martin F-16C Block 52 |
Owner/operator: | Iraqi Air Force |
Registration: | 1609 |
MSN: | RA-03 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5nm east of Douglas, Arizona -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base |
Destination airport: | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft, which was being flown by an Iraqi student pilot on a night training mission (162nd Wing), went down east of the Douglas Municipal Airport on the USA-Mexico border.
the 162nd Wing said in a 25 June statement, noting that the aircraft belonged to Iraq and was not one of the many USAF jets assigned to training. “The air force has assembled an interim safety board to investigate the incident,” it adds.
The ministry statement said search teams found the body of Brig. Gen. Rasid Mohammed Sadeeq at the crash site in southern Arizona, the 26.
Sources:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/06/25/air-national-guard-f-16-reportedly-crashes-in-arizona.html http://www.wtvm.com/story/29403482/f-16-crashes-in-az https://www.kuna.net.kw/Arti http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article4960.html http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/6223/ https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/f-16-belonging-to-iraqi-air-force-crashes-in-arizona-414080/ https://www.stripes.com/news/us/iraq-confirms-its-pilot-died-in-arizona-military-plane-crash-1.354848 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jun-2015 07:11 |
gerard57 |
Added |
25-Jun-2015 19:06 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
25-Jun-2015 19:49 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jun-2015 14:48 |
Ansierra117 |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
26-Jun-2015 16:17 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jun-2015 17:20 |
Iceman29 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
27-Jun-2015 10:00 |
Ansierra117 |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
21-Nov-2015 18:23 |
El_serj |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
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