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Chronological Listing of Osprey |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | |||
| 11th June 1991 |
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Boeing YV-22A |
163915 |
ship #5 Full Scale Development (FSD) test articles/aircraft |
Crashed three minutes into its maiden demonstration flight at New Castle County Aiport - Boeing helicopter flight test center in Wilmington, Delaware |
Bell/Boeing test
pilots. No fatalities Both crew egressed with minor injuries |
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No ejection seats fitted to this aircraft | |||||||
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Grady Wilson |
Lynn Friesner (director of flight test) | |||||||
| 20 July 1992 |
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Boeing V-22 tiltrotor Osprey |
163914 |
prototype #4 | crashed into the Potomac River trying to land at the Marine Air Station at Quantico, Va | Boeing Technicians | |||||
| Gerald Mayan | |||||||||||
| Robert Rayburn | |||||||||||
| Anthony Stecyk | |||||||||||
| Patrick Sullivan | |||||||||||
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| 8th April 2000 |
USMC |
Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
165436 (c/n 90014) "NIGHTHAWK 72" |
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Crashed during a non combatant evacuation evaluation mission near Marana Northwest Regional Airport, AZ No survivors |
Crew | ||||||||||||||||
| pilot Maj. John A. Brow | Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| pilot Maj. Brooks S. Gruber | Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| aircraft crew chief Cpl. Kelly S. Keith | Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| aerial observer/mechanic Staff Sgt. William B. Nelson | Marine Tilt-Rotor Training Squadron 204 | |||||||||||||||||||||
In Blue 3rd Batallion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. In Green Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. |
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| 8th April 2000 |
USMC |
Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
165433 | HMX-1 | Landed heavily following explosion of 165436 | No casualties - aircraft damaged |
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11th December 2000 19:30 |
USMC |
Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
165440 (c/n 90018 "CROSSBOW 11" |
![]() Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, [VMMT-204]based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina |
during a night training mission crashed in wooded area
near the Camp Lejeune Marine base in southeastern North Carolina No survivors |
Crew | ||
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Lt. Col. Keith M. Sweaney killed |
Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1), Quantico | |||||||
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Maj. Michael L. Murphy killed |
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 (VMMT-204) | |||||||
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Staff Sgt. Avely W. Runnels killed |
VMMT-204 | |||||||
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Sgt. Jason A. Buyck killed |
VMMT-204 | |||||||
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