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Date: | Monday 4 February 1991 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II |
Owner/operator: | VMA-214 / USMC |
Registration: | 163873 |
MSN: | 181 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lake Lavic, Mojave Desert, 29 Palms, California, -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Yuma, Arizona (KNYL) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed due to loss of power whilst climbing away from target. Aircraft came down in the Lavic Lake area, of Twentynine Palms, Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California. Pilot ejected
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries22.htm]l
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
http://web.archive.org/web/20170721021837/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/YEAR_Pages/1991.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavic_Lake_volcanic_field
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2010 14:30 |
ASN Archive |
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10-Oct-2010 14:58 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
17-Aug-2011 00:10 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |