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Date: | Thursday 29 February 1996 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II |
Owner/operator: | VMA-311 / USMC |
Registration: | 163661 |
MSN: | 136 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chocolate Mountains, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Yuma, AZ |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:AV-8B Harrier II 163868 of VMA-311 (tailcode 'WL-25') crashed in the Chocolate Mountains bombing range, southern California on a sortie from MCAS Yuma, Arizona: pilot ejected safely
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20121118000509/http://www.scramble.nl:80/sb.htm [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries22.htm]l
Flight International 4-10 June 1997
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194638/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1996.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2010 14:30 |
ASN Archive |
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20-Mar-2011 15:29 |
harro |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
26-Aug-2011 21:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |