ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269433
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Date: | Thursday 8 November 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas A-4G Skyhawk |
Owner/operator: | 805 NAS Royal Australian Navy |
Registration: | 889 |
MSN: | N13-154910 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Singapore -
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | |
Departure airport: | HMAS Melbourne |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Catapult failure while launching from HMAS Melbourne during a multinational exercise. Sub-Lieutenant Barry Evans entered the water still in the aircraft, but extricated himself while underwater and was recovered by the plane guard helicopter
Sources:
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/n13.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Nov-2021 07:02 |
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