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Date: | Friday 14 February 1986 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F-14A Tomcat |
Owner/operator: | US Navy |
Registration: | 159846 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Philippines -
Philippines
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed. VF-213 operating in the "Bear Box." Buddy tanked to extreme distance and was unable to find a tanker for the trip home. Aircrew were in rafts for nearly a day before the SH-3 could fly out to them.
Sources:
Flight International 16 May 1987
Seahag, onboard USS Enterprise
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Mar-2016 09:31 |
cascadian |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |