F-14 Tomcat:Other:
Accidents & Crashes listed by date:
| BuNo | Type | Unit | Modex # | Date |
| 160916 | F-14A | VF-124 | "NJ465" | 03.03.1980 |
| A/C crashed near NAS Miramar. | ||||
| 159601 | F-14A | VF-142 | "AG214" | 06.03.1980 |
| This Ghostrider F-14 crashed into the sea while on approach to USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. | ||||
| 160388 | F-14A | VF-41 | "AJ105" | 01.04.1980 |
| F-14 crashed into the sea while on approach to USS Nimitz. | ||||
| 160380 | F-14A | VF-84 | 03.05.1980 | |
| Crashed into the sea off Iran during launch from USS Nimitz. | ||||
| 159605 | F-14A | VF-143 | 13.09.1980 | |
| This F-14 was lost when it crashed into hte sea close to USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during air combat maneuvering engagement with an A-7E. The F-14 entered a flat spin and was unable to recover. | ||||
| 160670 | F-14A | VF-111 | 04.11.1980 | |
| A/C was lost when it crashed into the Pacific Ocean near the Californian coast during operations from USS Kitty Hawk. | ||||
| 161157 | F-14A | VF-32 | 24.04.1981 | |
| Crashed on take-off from NAS Oceana. | ||||
| 160385 | F-14A | VF-41 | "AJ107" | 26.05.1981 |
| This Tomcat was written-off on board the USS Nimitz while operating in the Atlantic Ocean when a VMAQ-2 Det Y EA-6B crashed on recovery. | ||||
| 160402 | F-14A | VF-41 | "AJ111" | 26.05.1981 |
| Same as BuNo 160385 on 26.05.1981 | ||||
| 161138 | F-14A | VF-84 | "AJ221" | 26.05.1981 |
| Same as BuNo 160385 on 26.05.1981 | ||||
| 160674 | F-14A | VF-111 | 27.06.1981 | |
| This brand new F-14 was lost during a pre-delivery flight from Calverton when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, some 12 miles off Long Island. | ||||
| 160677 | F-14A | VF-51 | 07.09.1981 | |
| Written off onboard USS Kitty Hawk after the F-14 was struck by a landing A-7E. | ||||
| 160895 | F-14A | VF-114 | "NH100" | 29.09.1981 |
| A/C crashed into the Arabian Sea after experiencing control difficulties while flying from USS America. | ||||
| 159623 | F-14A | VF-24 | 19.12.1981 | |
| Lost in the Indian Ocean following a failure of the arrester gear cable during a recovery aboard USS Constellation. | ||||
| 159011 | F-14A | VF-11 | 06.02.1982 | |
| A/C was lost during ACM mission from USS John F. Kennedy when pilot lost control. | ||||
| 159599 | F-14A | VF-143 | 06.03.1982 | |
| While operating off the coast of Sardinia, Italy, the aircraft was lost when arresteer gear cable failed on recovery aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. | ||||
| 159617 | F-14A | VF-24 | "NG203" | 14.06.1982 |
| A/C crashed into the Pacific Ocean off San Clamente Island. | ||||
| 161143 | F-14A | VF-101 | 29.07.1982 | |
| F-14 crashed at Virginia Beach shortly after take-off from NAS Oceana. | ||||
| 160907 | F-14A | VF-14 | 20.09.1982 | |
| Crashed into the Mediterranean Sea some 120 miles off Naples, Italy, after experiencing loss of control while flying from USS Independance. | ||||
| 161289 | F-14A | 28.02.1983 | ||
| Written off near Yuma, Arizona, after crewejected. | ||||
| 161431 | F-14A | VF-142 | "AG205" | 17.03.1983 |
| Collided with 161439 and crashed into Caribbean 100 miles north of Puerto Rico while operating from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. | ||||
| 161439 | F-14A | VF-143 | "AG107" | 17.03.1983 |
| Same as BuNo 161431 on 17.03.1983 | ||||
| 161436 | F-14A | VF-142 | "AG210" | 17.03.1983 |
| A bad day for USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's airwing: The 3rd Tomcat of the day was lost after a total hydraulic failure followed by a loss of control. | ||||
| 160662 | F-14A | VF-51 | "NL103" | 09.04.1983 |
| A/C crashed during night approach to USS Carl Vinson. | ||||
| 160400 | F-14A | VF-101 | "AD163" | 30.08.1983 |
| F-14 collided with F-14 BuNo 161420 during air combat training and crashed into the sea off Virginia Capes. | ||||
| 160420 | F-14A | VF-101 | "AD174" | 30.08.1983 |
| Same as F-14A BuNo 160400 on 30.08.1983. | ||||
| 159024 | F-14A | VF-31 | "AC205" | 08.11.1983 |
| F-14 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea 75 miles south of Cyprus while on a low-level combat air patrol from USS John F. Kennedy. | ||||
| 161149 | F-14A | VF-31 | "AC212" | 11.11.1983 |
| A/C crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon after crew ejected. | ||||
| 159840 | F-14A | VF-114 | "NH106" | 18.01.1984 |
| Crashed into the sea following loss of power on single-engined approach to USS Enterprise. | ||||
| 159428 | F-14A | VF-33 | "AB201" | 17.06.1984 |
| A/C was badly damaged when the port main landing gearstrut collapsed while landing aboard USS America. | ||||
| 161283 | F-14A | VF-102 | "AB111" | 20.06.1984 |
| A/C slid off No.3 elevator of USS America and sank in 9,000 ft of water! | ||||
| 159439 | F-14A | VF-102 | "AB105" | 15.07.1984 |
| This F-14 was lost when crew ejected over the Arabian Sea. | ||||
| 159859 | F-14A | VF-213 | "NH202" | 08.08.1984 |
| A/C was destroyed when it crashed during a local sortie from NAS Cubi Point. | ||||
| 161165 | F-14A | VF-211 | "NG201" | 04.09.1984 |
| A/C was destroyed after crew ejected after an inflight fire after take-off from NAS Miramar. | ||||
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