Date:	Wednesday 28 March 1973
Time:
Type:	Grumman A-6A Intruder
Owner/operator:	VA-52, US Navy
Registration:	152604
MSN:	I-152
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	NAS Whidbey Island, Washington (NUW/KNUW)
Destination airport:	NAS Whidbey Island, Washington (NUW/KNUW)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A-6A Intruder BuNo. 152604/'NH-513' of VA-52, US Navy, operating out of Whidbey NAS. Destroyed March 28, 1973 when crashed near Heppner, Oregon, during training at Boardman Navy Range 5 miles SW of Boardman, Morrow County, Oregon. According to published reports, the cause of the crash was when the wing separated from the aircraft during a bombing run.

Both crew - Lt Commander B. J. Keen (pilot) and Lt William A. Vasina (Bombardier/navigator) - were killed. The widow of Lt. Vasina later sued Gurmman for damages to a total of $1,184,270 plus six per cent interest from the date of death, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, citing negligence, and in particular a defective/substandard repair to the airframe in 1967 as being the cause of the accident (see link #8)

1. A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War By Rick Morgan &Jim Laurier
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
5. Progress Bulletin from Pomona, California, April 1 1973 at https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/77448717/
6. The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California March 30 1973 Page 21 at https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61533751/_/
7. https://www.geni.com/people/William-Vasina/6000000015269693092
8. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/644/112/358778/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Mar-2016 14:26	Dr.John Smith	Added
26-Mar-2016 14:37	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Narrative]
26-Mar-2016 14:37	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Narrative]