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He said, "the pilots ejected at the last possible second in an apparent effort to make sure that the plane would not crash into a nearby school". [1] The F/A-18 plowed into the Mayfair Mews apartment complex that houses about 100 residents, located less than 3 mi (4.8 km) from the departure end of the runway. Total flight time was 70 seconds. [2]
On December 8, 2008, a United States Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet crashed in a residential area of San Diego, California.The pilot, First Lieutenant Dan Neubauer (28) from VMFAT-101, was the only crewmember on board the two-seat aircraft; he successfully ejected from the aircraft, landing in a tree.
A United States Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter-attack jet crashes, killing a student pilot and injuring a flight instructor. The aircraft had taken off from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma but was from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, stationed in San Diego. Capt. Douglas F. Aguilera, 33, of Paso Robles, Calif., was killed. Maj.
A fighter jet crashed north of San Dieg o late Thursday night, killing the pilot who was the only person on board, authorities said.. The F/A-18D Hornet came down near Marine Corps Air Station ...
The F/A-18D that crashed in March 2022 near Beaufort was caused by bird strikes into the plane’s engines according to crash investigation details released to Beaufort Gazette and Island Packet ...
The pilot, Major Thomas F. Koritz, and Weapons Systems Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Donnie R. Holland, were killed. Their bodies were recovered. January 18 – An A-6E Intruder (Bureau Number 152928) was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery two miles from the Iraqi shore after dropping mines on a waterway linking the Iraqi naval base of Umm Qasr ...
A US military fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Harbor – but both pilots reportedly ejected to safety. The jet – an EA-18G Growler electric jet – smashed into the water around 10:15 a.m ...
California, before a crowd of 300,000 when he crashes his McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet at the bottom of a loop that was too close to the ground. The aircraft was in a nose-high attitude, but still carrying too much energy toward the ground when it impacted at more than 300 mph (480 km/h).