ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56404
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| Date: | 16-JAN-1988 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought A-7E Corsair II |
| Owner/operator: | VA-22 US Navy |
| Registration: | 159644 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | USS Enterprise - |
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Enterprise |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lost when slid off of elevator #2 during respot. Aviation Mechanic, SA Paul E. Miller, who was sitting in the cockpit when the plane rolled off the flight deck, was lost at sea.
The towbar broke loose during a severe tropical storm. We were listing to starboard and the plane slid right off the elevator into the sea. AN Miller had closed the cockpit so he had no way to escape. I was standing right there I had just been relieved by night shift.
Sources:
ejection-history.org
uscarriers.net/cvn65history
http://articles.latimes.com/print/1988-01-19/news/mn-37057_1_attack-squadron
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-22/news/mn-25295_1_lemoore-naval-air-station-pilot
Mooseroots - Peacetime Casualties
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2012 00:52 | Rodger Asai | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2017 14:01 | Rodger Asai | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2020 17:26 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 22-Aug-2023 15:57 | AN Tanner | Updated [Narrative] |
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