ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327102
| Date: | Friday 15 November 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair VC-131H Samaritan (CV-580) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 542817 |
| MSN: | 221 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dothan Airport, AL (DHN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dothan Airport, AL (DHN/KDHN) |
The elevators locked soon after liftoff during maintenance test flight. The aircraft crashed.
Sources:
TPAPL
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
WCAA
Location
Images:
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Camp Springs-Andrews AFB, MD (ADW/KADW); June 1985
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