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| Date: | Tuesday 10 April 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 79-0315 |
| MSN: | 61-100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eastover, South Carolina -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | McEntire ANGB, SC (MMT/KMMT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off April 10 1984: Crashed near Eastover, 3 miles west of McEntire ANGB, South Carolina, after colliding with F-16 79-0289, which landed safely. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Yeadon Delgar Dorn, was killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1979.html
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/495/
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170306224555/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_80s.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McEntire_Joint_National_Guard_Base
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1979.html
6. http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/001/122/238.xml
7. http://records.ancestry.com/Yeadon_Delgar_Dorn_records.ashx?pid=145465709
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Sep-2013 02:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2013 17:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2019 13:59 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2021 14:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
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