ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314884
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 October 1997 |
| Time: | After 1000 |
| Type: |  F-16D |
| Owner/operator: | USAF 412th Operations Group |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Edwards AFB Test Ranges NW of ED AFB -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ED AFB |
| ED AFB |
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE — A U.S. Air Force pilot and a visiting British Royal Air Force flier died Wednesday morning at Edwards Air Force Base after apparently trying to bail out of their T-38 training jet following a mid-air collision with an F-16 fighter, Air Force officials said.
The F-16, with damage to one wing, landed safely on a dry lake runway after the collision, which occurred just after 10 a.m. in clear fall skies. Both pilots aboard the F-16 were uninjured.
Killed were Lt. Col. William R. Nusz, of Rosamond, a flight test engineer who was operating cameras and performing other duties Wednesday, and the pilot, Flight Lt. Leigh Alexander Fox, an RAF pilot at Edwards on an exchange program, officials said.
Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-23-mn-45882-story.html
https://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/64683
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2023 15:58 | Lil’ WOlfy | Added |
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