ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77530
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 March 1988 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-10-MC Harrier II |
| Owner/operator: | VMA-542 USMC |
| Registration: | 163182 |
| MSN: | 512104/098 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Piney Island range, Down East area of Carteret County, North Carolina -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | MCAS Cherry Point (KNT/KNKT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
APT. ARTHUR SCRIVENOR IV
Call Sign: Skivvies Died: March 1, 1988
He died while flying his AV-8B during an air-to-air combat training run that caused violent G-forces to snap his spinal cord in two places. His plane crashed in the Neuse River near Cherry Point.
An investigation concluded that Scrivenor, 28, had been flying too fast and may have improperly switched off the roll-stabilization system. Even so, the report made a point of commending him as an "aggressive and knowledgeable" pilot.
Sharman Scrivenor remains convinced the plane malfunctioned. She said her husband had not wanted to fly the Harrier because of its safety record. But once assigned to it, he devoted himself to learning how to fly it well, she said.
Sources:
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https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/piney-island.htm
http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6725
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 18-Aug-2011 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2020 17:11 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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