ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187650
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Date: | Thursday 26 May 2016 |
Time: | 10:30 LT |
Type: | Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet |
Owner/operator: | VFA-211 US Navy |
Registration: | 166813/AB-207 |
MSN: | F186 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 25 miles East of the Oregon Inlet, Nags Head, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets collided and crashed. All four pilots ejected safely. All four were recovered by a good Samaritan boat, the commercial fishing vessel Tammy, then hoisted by Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk based at Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The aircraft were from VFA-211 based at Naval Air Station Oceana.
Sources:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JETS_COLLIDE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-05-26-13-09-47 https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2016/05/26/navy-aircrew-recovered-receiving-treatment-after-two-super-hornets-crash/ http://www.scramble.nl/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-May-2016 17:47 |
gerard57 |
Added |
26-May-2016 19:18 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location] |
26-May-2016 19:21 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
16-Jun-2016 14:58 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
16-Jun-2016 15:08 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
22-Apr-2017 13:29 |
El_serj |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
08-Feb-2020 18:34 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
11-Feb-2020 20:23 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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