Date:	Thursday 23 October 1997
Time:	c. 16:00
Type:	McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
Owner/operator:	VMA-311 / USMC
Registration:	164116
MSN:	193
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	200 mi E of Iwawkuni MCAS -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	MCAS Iwakuni (RJOI)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
AV-8B Harrier 164116 crashed Oct 24, 1997 into Pacific Ocean 200 m E of Iwakuni MCAS, Japan during post-maintenance check flight.

Pilot ejected about 50-60 metres from an Iwakuni fishing association fishing boat (2.2 tons) that was monitoring the AV-8B and recovered by Mr Hamanaka Toshinobu (who was almost killed by the aircraft) on the boat.

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
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194200/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1997.htm
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?43214-Accident-Report-US-military-accidents-in-1972-to-2000-in-Okinawa-Japan

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Sep-2010 14:30	ASN Archive
19-Aug-2011 05:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2011 22:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source]
26-Aug-2011 23:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2021 18:01	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Narrative]