Thursday night's collision of a Camp Pendleton attack helicopter and a Coast Guard C-130 transport plane that left nine people missing is the latest in a series of aviation mishaps tied to the local military.
This list includes recent and past crashes that occurred on or near a local base, during out-of-the-area training missions and a crash this week in Afghanistan:
Oct. 26: Two Camp Pendleton helicopters collide in the sky over Helmand province in Afghanistan, killing four locally based Marines.
May 5: Two Miramar Marines were killed when their Super Cobra helicopter crashed during a training flight in the Cleveland National Forest near Pine Valley.
May 21: Five crew members aboard a Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter died when their aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean, about 15 miles south of Point Loma.
Dec. 2008: An FA-18 jet loses power and crashes into a University City house near Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, killing a family of four. Pilot ejects safely.
Dec. 2006: An FA-18 jet crashes inan unpopulated area on the east side of the Miramar base. Pilot ejects safely.
Oct. 2004: Civilian plane crashes on base during the Miramar Air Show. Pilot is killed.
July 2004: An FA-18A and FA-18B collide during a training flight over the Pacific Northwest. Two crew members in the FA-18B are killed; pilot (who was sole occupant of FA-18A) ejects and suffers minor injuries.
April 2004: FA-18 crashes in Glamis, Calif. during night-training mission. Pilot is killed.
March 2004: UC-35 transport plane crashes between Interstate 15 and Miramar Way while attempting to land. Four Marines are killed.
Jan. 2004: Miramar-based helicopter crashes at Camp Pendleton. Four Marines are killed.
July 2003: FA-18C Hornet crashes at Twentynine Palms. Pilots are killed.
Jan. 2003: FA-18D Hornet crashes into the ocean 10 miles west of San Clemente Island during training mission. Two crew members eject.
Nov. 2002: FA-18D Hornet crashes off the coast of Mexico (100 miles southwest of the base) during training flight. Pilot ejects and suffers minor injuries.
Aug. 2002: T-34C turboprop plane crashes in San Bernardino County during navigation familiarization flight. Pilot survives crash and is rescued.
Sept. 2000: Two FA-18D Hornets collide during mock dogfight over Barry M. Goldwater training range east of Yuma. Two crew members in one plane are killed; second plane lands safely.
May 2000: FA-18D Hornet based at Miramar crashes in Imperial County. Two crew members eject.
Jan. 2000: FA-18 Hornet crashes east of Yuma during training exercise. Two crew members eject and suffer minor injuries.
June 1999: FA-18 Hornet crashes during training exercise near Yuma. Two pilots eject; one is killed.
Dec. 1999: CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashes 15 miles off the San Diego shore during a training flight. Six Marines and one Navy corpsman are killed.
When Miramar was a U.S. Navy air base:
Feb. 1996: F-14D "Tomcat" crashes at sea while training 120 miles southwest of San Diego. Two crew members are killed.
April 1995: FA-18 Hornet crashes on east side of base while attempting to land. Pilot ejects and sustains minor back injuries.
Call staff writer Mark Walker at 760-740-3529.
Posted in Military on Friday, October 30, 2009 9:50 pm Updated: 10:21 pm. | Tags: Nct, News, Military
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