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Yuma-based Harrier pilot dies in crashPlane goes down during flight from MCAS to El CentroFrom Staff and AP ReportsA Yuma-based Marine lieutenant colonel is dead after his Harrier jet crashed during a training mission Wednesday afternoon, officials said.The body of Peter E. Yount was found about a mile from the crash site, 35 miles northwest of Yuma, said Gunnery Sgt. Nathan Port-man of the Marine Corps AirStation Yuma.Yount, 42, apparently ejected from the Harrier but did not survive.He and another Harrier pilot were en route to El Centro, Calif., when the jet went down at 1:35 p.m. There were no bombs aboard the $23.7-million aircraft.The Melbourne, Fla., native was assigned to the Personnel Support Detachment, Marine Aircraft Group-13 and was scheduled totake command of Marine Attack Squadron-311 next month. The Harriers were from that squadron.Yount is survived by his wife and two children.This crash is the most recent in a string of Harrier crashes in the Yuma area. In January, a Harrier smashed through a chain-link fence and came to rest straddling an irrigation canal while attempting to land at the base. The pilotwasn’t injured. In August, a visiting Harrier crashed over Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range while in Yuma on a training mission.There were four other Harrier crashes in 1996. Yuma-based pilot Capt. Dale W. Mulkey was killed in October 1996 when his Harrier exploded during a live ordnance training exercise over the Chocolate Mountain Gunnery Range, about 60 miles northwest of Yuma. In the other instances, the pilots ejected safely.Staff Writer Jessica Acosta contributed to this report.
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Yuma, Arizona, US
Thu, Apr 23, 1998
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