ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77331
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| Date: | 06-DEC-1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier |
| Operator: | VMA-513 / USMC |
| Registration: | 159230 |
| C/n / msn: | 712139/61 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 100 m from Asahi Kasei, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | MCAS Iwakuni (RJOI) |
Crashed into the Sea of Japan, 100 m from Asahi Kasei, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on a sortie from MCAS Iwakuni.
Obituary of pilot:
CAPT. DONALD P. KALTENBAUGH
Call Sign: K-10 Died: Dec. 16, 1976
Kaltenbaugh's AV-8A crashed into the Sea of Japan during a training flight.
His widow, Judy Kaltenbaugh, said the Marines told her he became disoriented in the fog. "I was told he got turned upside-down and instead of pulling up, he plunged down into the water."
A graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, he flew other aircraft before training on the Harrier in January 1976. "Donnie lived and breathed to fly," his widow said.
At the time he died, his oldest daughter was 4 and his twin girls were 1 1/2. "The most tragic part about this is that they didn't know him," Judy Kaltenbaugh said. "He adored them."
Kaltenbaugh was 29.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html
http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6725
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Iwakuni
http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcasiwakuni/Pages/history.aspx
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=43214
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov--0001 00:00 | ASN Archive | |
| 02-Aug-2011 23:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2011 11:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2011 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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