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Date: | Friday 1 December 1978 |
Time: | 09:40 LT |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II |
Owner/operator: | 414th FWSqn USAF |
Registration: | 63-7649 |
MSN: | 754 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Ash Springs, approx. 40 miles SE of Rachel, Nevada -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nellis AFB (KLSV) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:USAF F-4E Phantom II crashed near Ash Springs, approx. 40 miles SE of Rachel, Nevada. Both crew ejected safely.
Crew later named as MAJ Michael W. "Nort" Nelson (pilot) who was command ejected, and instructor pilot Capt. Clarence Richard "Dick" Anderegg, who initiated the ejection of both crew from the jet
Sources:
http://www.rachel-nevada.com/rachel_history.html#RTFToC8 http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194139/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1978.htm http://www.thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt http://www.check-six.com/lib/Drinks/JeremiahWeed.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2010 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Nov-2011 18:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Nov-2011 13:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
20-Jan-2012 13:09 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator] |
18-Aug-2013 17:38 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
01-Dec-2017 14:50 |
Check-Six |
Updated [Source] |
09-Apr-2020 19:21 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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