Accident Vought F4U-7 Corsair 133673,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237517
 
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Date:Tuesday 23 March 1954
Time:20:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic CORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vought F4U-7 Corsair
Owner/operator:Aéronavale
Registration: 133673
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:BA Sidi-Ahmed -   Tunisia
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:15-F
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Two Corsair (133.673 and 133.684) of six ship formation involved in collision on runway. Pilot Gras (29) killed when hit by another Corsair due to bad visibility. He standing beside the airplane after stopped on runway-end due to engine-out situation.

Sources:

L'Echo d'Oran 25 March 1954 .
BEA

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jun-2020 15:42 TB Added
30-Jun-2020 17:13 TB Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-Jun-2020 17:14 TB Updated [Departure airport]
30-Sep-2020 18:06 TB Updated [Registration]

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