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US Non-Combat
Military Aircraft Accidents in 2002 |
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DATE |
BRANCH |
TYPE |
LOCATION |
DETAILS |
Jan 10 |
US Air
National Guard |
F-16 |
New Jersey,
USA |
An F-16 with the New Jersey Air
National Guard crashed near a busy highway during a training mission
Thursday morning, and the pilot ejected safely, officials said. The pilot,
based at the 177th Fighter Wing at Pomona, was found at Warren Grove, a
2,400-acre bombing range, officials said. The plane was not involved in a
combat mission. |
Jan 16 |
US Air
National Guard |
F/A-18 |
Georgia, USA |
A military jet malfunctioned
Wednesday as it was landing, veering off the runway and catching fire. The
pilot was slightly injured as he ejected from the plane. The plane veered
260 feet off the runway and a small fire started on board. The jet's nose
was considerably damaged, and it was unclear if the plane was salvageable. |
Jan 17 |
USAF |
A-10 |
Arizona, USA |
Two military attack
jets collided and crashed in the southern Arizona desert Thursday, the Air
Force said. One of the pilots was killed. The single-seat A-10 Thunderbolt
II jets, were on a training mission when the crash occurred. The pilots were
assigned to the 355th Wing at the Tucson base. A third aircraft involved in
the mission returned safely. |
A-10 |
Feb 2 |
USAF |
C-21 |
South Dakota, USA |
A small military cargo and
passenger plane crashed in a field outside Ellsworth Air Force Base after
missing houses, and both airmen on board were killed. Their twin-engine
C-21, a military version of a Learjet business aircraft, was based at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The cause of the crash Saturday was
not yet determined, Air Force officials said Sunday. No one on the ground
was injured. Air Force officials identified the victims as Capt. Brian D.
Rizzoli and 1st Lt. William B. Satterly. The crew and the aircraft belonged
to the 47th Airlift Flight. |
Feb 7 |
USN |
CH-46 |
Atlantic Ocean |
A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed
into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia on Thursday. The four crew
members were rescued, and two suffered minor injuries, a Navy spokesman
said. The CH-46 helicopter was conducting a resupply operation with the
ammunition ship USNS Mt. Baker about 100 miles off Virginia's coastline when
it went down at 10:24 a.m. EST. The CH-46 is assigned to the USS Seattle, an
oil supply ship. The cause of the accident is under investigation. |
Feb 15 |
USMC |
UH-1N |
California,
USA |
A Marine helicopter crashed
during a training exercise in California's Chocolate Mountain Range, killing
two Marines and injuring two others, military officials said. The UH-1N
helicopter, or Huey, went down at about 11 p.m. Thursday just west of Mount
Barrow at the southeastern end of the range, officials said. A CH-46 Sea
Knight helicopter that had accompanied the Huey flew the two survivors to
Yuma Regional Medical Center in Arizona. |
Feb 17 |
USMC |
F/A-18 |
California, USA |
A two-seat fighter jet crashed
as it tried to land during a training exercise, killing one Marine and
injuring another, a spokeswoman said. The crash took place shortly after 2
p.m. on Sunday at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, said Capt.
Teresa Ovalle. The pilot and weapons system officer both ejected from the
F/A-18 Hornet, she said. The pilot was treated at Robert E. Bush Naval
Hospital and released. The crash happened about 135 miles east of Los
Angeles. Both Marines belonged to the Second Marine Aircraft Wing in
Beaufort, S.C., where seven F/A-18 squadrons are stationed. |
Mar 9 |
USMC |
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Georgia, USA |
A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter
crew member was missing on Saturday after the aircraft crashed off the coast
of Georgia while searching for two victims of another helicopter crash, the
Coast Guard said. A Marine helicopter searching for the other victim on
Saturday crashed around 9 a.m. about 30 miles east of Brunswick. The Coast
Guard cutter Yellowfin saw it go down and was on the scene in about four
minutes, rescuing four of the five crew members. One of the four Marines
rescued was flown to a hospital and was reported to be in stable condition
while the other three were in good condition. |
Mar 12 |
USN |
SH-60 |
Mediterranean Sea |
A Navy helicopter with a crew of
three crashed into the Mediterranean Sea Tuesday morning while on a routine
training flight, the Pentagon said. The Navy is searching for the crewmen
from the SH-60B Seahawk that crashed at about 10:30 a.m. local time (3:30
a.m. EST) off the coast of Greece. The helicopter was operating from the
destroyer USS Hayler, said Maj. Timothy D. Blair, a Pentagon spokesman. |
Mar 21 |
USAF |
F-16 |
Germany |
A U.S. fighter jet on night
maneuvers crashed in Germany near Trier, killing the pilot, the military
said Thursday. The F-16 jet can carry a crew of one or two, but the pilot,
from the 52nd Fighter Wing, was the only person aboard in the crash
Wednesday evening, said Maj. Scott Vadnais, spokesman for the U.S. Air Force
Europe. The plane went down about two miles outside Spangdahlem Air Base,
near the Luxembourg border between the towns of Landscheid and Hof Hau,
while on routine night maneuvers |
Mar 28 |
USN |
UH-1 |
California, USA |
A Navy helicopter crashed
Thursday in a snowy, remote area of the Sierra Nevada range, killing two
crew members and injuring four, authorities said. The six Navy fliers were
aboard an UH-1 Huey that went down atop Split Mountain in the Sequoia
National Forest, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The helicopter had
taken off from the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division on a
routine training flight, said Navy spokeswoman Doris Lance. |
Apr 30 |
USAF |
F-15C |
Gulf of Mexico |
An
Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter crashed in the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons
testing flight. The plane flown by Maj. James A.
Duricy, based at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle, crashed
Tuesday about 60 miles south of Panama City. There
was no indication whether the pilot was able to eject, said Col. Dennis
Sager, commander of the 46th Test Wing, part of the Air Force's Air Armament
Center at Eglin. The pilot was testing a newly
developed air-to-air missile, but the weapon was unarmed and was not to be
launched, Sanger said. A tanker and an F-16
Fighting Falcon fighter also participated in the test, but neither was
nearby when the F-15 crashed. |
May 4 |
USN |
SH-60 |
Pacific Ocean |
Three crew members were rescued
when their helicopter crashed at sea during training exercises, Navy
officials said. The SH-60 Seahawk helicopter went down about 9:40 p.m.
Saturday while attempting to land on the deck of the destroyer USS Paul
Hamilton, about 90 miles southwest of San Diego. The helicopter, part of the
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 49 based in Coronado, was taking part in
routine training exercises. |
May 8 |
USN |
T-39 |
Gulf o Mexico |
After a day of searching turned
up nothing, the Coast Guard suspended its search for seven people who were
aboard two Navy jets that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a training
mission. Three people were on one plane, four on the other when they went
down Wednesday about 40 miles south of Pensacola. Among the victims were two
civilians and a Royal Saudi Air Force officer. |
T-39 |
May 30 |
USAF |
F-16 |
Arizona, USA |
A U.S. F-16 fighter jet on a
training mission from Luke Air Force Base crashed into the desert Wednesday
in southwestern Arizona, base officials said. The pilot ejected safely. Air
Force officials said the $20 million jet crashed in late afternoon while
practicing basic fighter maneuvers in the Sells, Arizona military operating
area. There were no live bombs aboard the aircraft. |
Jun 27 |
USAF |
A-10 |
France |
A U.S. Air Force A10 on a
training mission crashed Thursday in a forest in eastern France, killing the
pilot, the Air Force said. The plane, a single-seat anti-tank "Warthog,"
crashed just before 3 p.m. in a forest near the towns of Domptail and Saint-Pierremont,
south of the city of Nancy. The Pentagon said the plane was from the 81st
Fighter Squadron of the 52nd Fighter Wing, which is based at Spangdahlem Air
Base. |
Aug 8 |
USAF |
C-130 |
Puerto Rico |
A U.S. Air Force cargo plane
crashed on a Puerto Rican mountaintop with at least 10 military personnel on
board. The plane struck a heavily wooded area near the town of Caguas, 20
miles south of San Juan, while flying in rain and fog Wednesday night. The
plane was a Hercules C-130 of the Air Force Special Operations and was doing
routine landing and takeoff exercises from Roosevelt Roads Naval Station,
said Lt. Col. Nicolas Britto, a spokesman for Special Forces Command-South.
He said the plane was carrying about 10 military personnel but declined to
say which branch they represented. |
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