ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60311
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| Date: | Sunday 30 September 1990 |
| Time: | 12:35 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-15E Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | 336th TFS, 4th FW, USAF |
| Registration: | 87-0203 |
| MSN: | 1068/E043 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 63 miles north of Thumrait -
 Oman
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Thumrait, Oman |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed north of Thumrait, Oman on Sep 30, 1990. Both crew died.
The aircraft was flying a low-level training mission over the desert about 63 miles north of Thumrait, Oman in preparation for Operation Desert Storm. Due to sand dust floating in the air close to the ground, sand-pitted aircraft windscreen and three external fuel tanks (which was unusual to Strike Eagles at that time), the pilot made a mistake by visually judging aircraft altitude that would have been necessary for performing a split-S maneuver. At the bottom part of the split-S, when the aircraft's nose was already pointing upwards (with the stick being pulled back fully) the aircraft's tail touched the ground (creating a fifty-foot trail of burned sand in the desert) resulting in a crash. Both crew, pilot Maj. Peter S. Hook and WSO Capt. James B. "Boo Boo" Poulet lost their lives.
According to come sources, the accident took place during low-level ACM (Air Combat Manoeuvres) with RAF Jaguars, in preparations for operation "Desert Storm".
Sources:
Flight International 8/14 May 1991
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029221354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/f-15.htm
http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/history/2296-f-15e-losses#0-3-airframe-87-0203
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 08:16 | harro | Updated |
| 01-Apr-2012 11:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2014 09:10 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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