Accident Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet 165877,
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Date:Wednesday 6 April 2011
Time:12:08 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic F18S model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet
Owner/operator:VFA-122 US Navy
Registration: 165877
MSN: ..../F037
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near NAS Lemoore (KNLC) California -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Lemoore - KNLC
Destination airport:NAS Lemoore - KNLC
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet 165877/NJ-122 crashed Wednesday in a field just outside Naval Air Station Lemoore (KNLC), CA, killing two aboard, Navy officials said.

Crew later named as Lt. Matthew Ira Lowe,33, from Plantation, Florida, and Lt. Nathan Hollingsworth Williams, 28, from Oswego, New York.

Sources:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/06/u-s-fighter-jet-crashes-in-california/?hpt=T2
https://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/04/navy-lemoore-2-killed-in-hornet-crash-040611w/
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/07/california.military.crash/index.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20170504131237/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/2011.htm#0426
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/6/7/1387763.jpg (photo)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Apr-2011 17:49 bizjets101 Added
06-Apr-2011 18:01 Black Typhoon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
06-Apr-2011 22:32 Black Typhoon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport]
10-Apr-2011 02:10 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
11-Apr-2011 07:34 MarkStep Updated [Source]
15-Apr-2011 07:00 Anon. Updated [Source]
20-Apr-2011 15:43 Anon. Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Narrative]
20-Apr-2011 17:30 RobertMB Updated [Date, Aircraft type]
28-Apr-2011 03:34 RobertMB Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Jul-2011 01:46 Dr.John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2020 18:29 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
11-Feb-2020 20:18 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]

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