ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161860
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| Date: | Thursday 12 November 1953 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Grumman TBM-3R COD Avenger |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 53122 |
| MSN: | 3174 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mi NNW of Napoli-Capodichino (NAP) (NA) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rome |
| Napoli-Capodichino AB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On mail run from Rome to Naples upon approach to airport was given "go-around" due to conflicting traffic and lost power and control on downwind leg crashing into apartment building at Secondigliano. Pilot Stanley F. Norman (28) and passenger, an army non-com who had "hitched" a ride from Rome, riding in the second cockpit, were killed. The plane captain, AD2 Stambaugh survived with injuries. Two children (4/3) in the building were also killed. Another report states that a second passenger, another US Army non-com was also killed and that Harold Pierce Hanson (26), co-pilot, also survived with injuries.
Sources:
Eyewitness account by Ralph DeLange, USN, at website VR-24.org and newspaper account obtained by Carlo Tripodi.
https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1953/11/13/page_002.pdf
AAIR (KSSP)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2013 07:37 | POPEYERALPH | Added |
| 02-Nov-2013 07:38 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator] |
| 08-Dec-2013 18:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2014 23:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2014 16:33 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Sep-2022 18:51 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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