ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56194
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1996 |
| Time: | after 14:00L |
| Type: | Lockheed U-2R |
| Owner/operator: | USAF |
| Registration: | 80-1088 |
| MSN: | 088 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oroville, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Beale Air Force Base |
| Beale Air Force Base | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot was performing a functional check of the plane.
15 minutes after take off The Capt. Randy Roby relayed to Beale that he had an in-flight emergency. A short moment after, there was an explosion.
Loss of control and mid-air breakup. Pilot ejected but died.
The plane crashed in a parking of a news paper, the Oroville Mercury Register. A woman, employee of the news paper, died in the parking.
Sources:
Flight International 4-10 June 1997
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2016/09/20/sutter-county-u2-spy-plane-crash-comes-20-years-after-oroville-crash/
http://djkuba.tripod.com/index-U2.html
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/0/7/5/1344570.jpg
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2011 16:09 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2016 18:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2016 16:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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