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Date: 27 September 1972
Aircraft type: F-8J Crusader
Serial Number: 150325
Military Unit: VF-194
Service: USN
Home Base: USS Oriskany
Name(s):
Lt Richard Bryan Lineberry (KWF)

A Crusader crashed killing the pilot when it caught fire as it was taking off from Da Nang. The aircraft was being ferried from Da Nang to the USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin at the time of the accident.

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