Atlanta-based Hornet Crashes
Navy Newsstand
Story Number: NNS040330-14
Release Date: 3/30/2004 3:03:00 PM
From Commander, Naval Reserve Force Public Affairs
NEW ORLEANS (NNS) -- Navy Reserve pilot Cmdr. Kevin T. Hagenstad, 36, of Marietta, Ga., was listed in fair condition with a broken leg, at Erlanger Hospital in Chatanooga, Tenn., after safely ejecting from an F/A-18A Hornet when the aircraft crashed during a training mission March 29.
The accident occured in an unpopulated area approximately 30 miles north of Chattanooga at approximately 11 a.m.
The flight originated at Tri-city Regional airport in Bristol, Tenn. The pilot was performing a low-level navigation flight on an FAA-approved training route en route to Naval Air Station (NAS) Atlanta at the time of the incident.
The lost (NAS) Atlanta-based F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 203 was delivered to the Navy in 1985 at a cost of $24 million. The aircraft was scheduled to be dismantled at the end of March to be used as a static display at a naval facility in Pennsylvania.
The cause of the incident is currently under investigation.
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