ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263767
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Date: | Wednesday 21 April 2004 |
Time: | c. 20:15 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A+ Hornet |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
Registration: | 162434 |
MSN: | 277/A223 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | S of Glamis, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Miramar, CA/VMFA-112 (20:05) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Went missing during a night training flight. Contact lost around 20:15. Wreckage found next day around 09:00 in the Imperial Valley desert south of Glamis and 20 miles (32km) northwest of Yuma, near the Arizona border. Marine Reservist and American Airlines pilot Major Brett Michael Bekken was killed.
Sources:
AFM JUN 2004/MR 2005, p74
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jun-2021 17:00 |
TB |
Added |
27-Aug-2021 06:41 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
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