At 1644 eastern standard time, on January 9, 1983, a Beech D-55 Baron, N7142N, and a McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II, collided in flight at 9,300 feet about 30 miles south of Cherry Point, North Carolina. The twin-engine Beech Baron was operating under visual flight rules from Nassau, the Bahamas, to Norfolk, Virginia, with a pilot and six passengers on board. The Baron crashed at sea and none of the occupants were recovered during the U.S. Coast Guard's search and rescue effort; all are presumed dead. The U.S. Air Force F-4C from the Michigan Air National Guard was operating a Special Military Instrument Intercept Clearance Mission from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, North Carolina. The purpose of the mission was to intercept an unknown target. The aircrew of the F-4C consisted of a pilot and a weapons systems officer seated in tandem. The F-4C sustained substantial damage to the left wing, and the left drop tank assembly separated. The F-4C flightcrew was not injured in the accident, and the airplane returned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base without further incident.


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    Titel :

    Aircraft Accident Report - Midair Collision McDonnell Douglas F-4C/Beech D-55 Baron, Cherry Point, North Carolina, January 9, 1983


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1984


    Format / Umfang :

    39 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch