ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227770
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 2019 |
| Time: | 09:43 |
| Type: |  Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet |
| Owner/operator: | VFA-151 USN |
| Registration: | 168471 |
| MSN: | E228 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | nr Father Crowley Overlook, Death Valley Nat. Park, Inyo County, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lemoore NAS/Reeves Field, CA (NLC/KNLC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-151, based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, impacted rugged canyon wall terrain in Death Valley National Park, 98 miles east of Naval Air Weapons Stations China Lake, California (Armitage Field, KNID), during a low altitude training.
The aircraft was completely destroyed and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injures. Seven tourists were injured, they were at the Father Crowley Overlook in an area known as the Star Wars Canyon.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/navy-super-hornet-crashes-death-valley-search-rescue/story?id=64687563
https://ktla.com/2019/07/31/u-s-navy-jet-crashes-near-china-lake-station-in-mojave-desert-search-and-rescue-https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-31/u-s-navy-f-a-185e-jet-crashes-near-china-lake
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a28570775/f-18-jet-crash-death-valley/
https://theaviationist.com/2019/07/31/breaking-reports-of-u-s-navy-f-a-18e-super-hornet-crashed-in-star-wars-canyon/
https://news.usni.org/2019/07/31/california-super-hornet-crashes-near-china-lake-condition-of-pilot-unknown
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/01/navy-super-hornet-pilot-died-crash-star-wars-canyon-officials-confirm.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-fighter-jet-crash-california-death-valley-pilot-dead-visitors-injured-latest-updates-today-2019-08-01/#
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/05/22/inside-a-fatal-super-hornet-crash-in-star-wars-canyon/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Lake,_Kern_County,_California
https://m.facebook.com/pg/VFA151/posts/
https://news.usni.org/2020/05/28/navy-concludes-experienced-pilots-brief-lapse-of-judgement-root-cause-of-star-wars-canyon-crash
JAGMAN: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6931490/7-31-19-Star-Wars-JAGMAN.pdf
Media:
USA - Pilot dead in Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet Navy fighter jet crash in California's Death Valley National Park. #USNAVY.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) August 2, 2019
ASN: https://t.co/CnKn65Laa0
Press: https://t.co/kFRd7UOgvB pic.twitter.com/ZADNzf09N6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2019 22:30 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 31-Jul-2019 23:19 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 01-Aug-2019 01:38 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2019 13:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2019 13:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2019 18:33 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Aug-2019 20:01 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2019 20:32 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2019 06:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2019 19:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2020 18:21 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2020 20:20 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2020 07:32 | Hoetro | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2020 13:53 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2020 16:00 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2022 13:55 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Cn] |
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