ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174929
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| Date: | Thursday 28 May 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American FJ-3M Fury (F-86E) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 139248 |
| MSN: | 215-39 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | E of Jacksonville, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| carrier Essex (CV-9) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into other planes and cartwheeled across the deck of carrier Essex, followed by explosions and fire. Pilot Lt James C. Steele and his plane went into the water and was lost. Six planes where burned or badly damaged and the carrier had considerable damage. One ship crewman was killed and 21 injured, three serious. One died later.
Sources:
The Evening Independent 29 May 1959, p12A
https://www.navysite.de/cv/cv9.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2015 16:52 | TB | Added |
| 27-Oct-2017 07:46 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 27-Oct-2017 13:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2017 21:03 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2017 20:45 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2019 21:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-Dec-2021 16:17 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2022 07:58 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
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