ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57090
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| Date: | Saturday 6 March 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman F-14A Tomcat |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 159599 |
| MSN: | 146 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Mediterannean Sea off coast of Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) |
| USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
AG111 (VF-143 Spillman/Kandalec) Cross Deck Pendant (arresting wire) snapped on landing rollout leaving the aircraft with approximately 80 knots of airspeed, too slow for safe flight. Pilot immediately advanced throttles to full afterburner (Zone 5) as aircraft left the angle-deck. The Air Boss in the ship's town called for the crew to eject. The RIO initiated command eject from approximately 10' below flight deck level. The crew successfully ejected, as the aircraft settled into ground effect, then began a climb at it's trimmed airspeed of approximately 130 knots. AG111 climbed, unmanned, to about 1,200', stalled into a hammerhead maneuver, than started downhill in full afterburner, bore-sighting the flight deck. It ended up missing Eisenhower by 50' on the starboard side. Approximately 5-10 sailors jumped overboard convinced the jet would impact the flight deck. All personnel were recovered by HS-5 crew.
Rolled off USS Dwight D Eisenhower after the arrestor cable snapped whilst landing - 'AG-111' - VF-143 (2 crew ejected safely)
Sources:
US CRASHES 1950-2002 - SCRAMBLE.
Witness account.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2021 15:58 | globie54321 | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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