ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82585
Last updated: 3 December 2020
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | 14-JAN-1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | VF-161 US Navy |
| Registration: | 153068 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 miles South of Thanh Has, North Vietnam -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Hit by 85mm AAA Gulf of Tonkin just offshore, 10 M S of Thanh Has, NVN. Caused massive fuel leak and engine to fail. F-4B 153068 last US aircraft to be shot down over North Vietnam
Both crew members - Lt. V. T. Kouvaleski and ENS D. H. Plautz - ejected safely and were rescued by Navy HH‑3A helicopter
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421174927/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1973.htm#jun
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Nov-2011 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2013 19:29 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2020 10:56 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description