ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57269
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 March 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman KA-6D Intruder |
| Owner/operator: | VA-34, US Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS John F. Kennedy, North Atlantic, off the coast of Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA (NTU/KNTU) |
| USS Johh F. Kennedy (CV-67), North Atlantic | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) March 1 1978 when disappeared en route from NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA to the USS John F Kennedy in the North Atlantic. According to an eyewitness report: "Shortly after I left the Kennedy (CV-67) in late Sep 1976, 4 aircraft accidents, 3 directly related to the Kennedy claimed 4 pilots' lives. Two A-7E's - cold CAT (VA-46 - my squadron); control malfunction (off CAT, VA-72), one KA-6 tanker simply disappeared tankering fuel back to the ship from VA."
Aircraft presumed to have been lost at sea: wreckage not found, and crew of two not recovered.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm
2. http://www.navalhistory.org/2010/04/28/casualties-usn-and-usmc-personnel-killed-and-injured-in-selected-accidents-and-other-incidents-not-directly-the-result-of-enemy-action-1946-1989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Mar-2016 00:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2016 03:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
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