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.
Aircraft Accident Report - Midair Collision McDonnell Douglas F-4C/Beech D-55 Baron, Cherry Point, North Carolina, January 9, 1983
1984
39 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accident investigations , Fighter aircraft , Aircraft collisions , Military operations , Passenger transportation , Casualties , Interception probabilities , North Carolina , F-4C aircraft , Beech D-55 aircraft , Human factors , Cherry Point(North Carolina)