ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137881
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| Date: | Monday 3 October 1977 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-111D |
| Owner/operator: | 522nd TFS, 27th TFW, USAF |
| Registration: | 68-0093 |
| MSN: | A6-09 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Melrose Range, near Floyd, New Mexico -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cannon AFB, NM |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was delivered to the USAF on 26 January 1972. It was intitally assigned to 524th TFS 27th TFW. While assigned to the 522nd TFS, the aircraft crashed and was destroyed 1920hrs MST, on 3 October 1977 37 miles southwest of Clovis on the Alan Parker Ranch near Floyd NM during night practice bombing.
Both crew - Capt Richard L. Cardenas (pilot) and Capt Steven C. Nelson (WSO) - were killed. Callsign CRAZY 46 crashed on downwind of the range pattern. No ejection attempt was made. The aircraft had a total of 301 flights with 851.5 flight hours when lost
Sources:
http://www.f-111.net/t_no_D.htm
http://htka.hu/static/cikkek/F-111/acftdata.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=17906314
http://voices.yahoo.com/ode-aardvark-epilogue-10456647.html?cat=15
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2011 13:23 | Anon. | Added |
| 02-Feb-2013 12:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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