ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 259906
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 October 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft G18S |
| Owner/operator: | Page Airways/General Electric Co |
| Registration: | N505X |
| MSN: | B-592 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | SE of Jacksonville, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Syracuse, NY |
| Daytona Beach, FL | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Twin-engine Super Beechcraft charter plane crashed in the sea off Ponte Vedra Beach. It is believed to have gone down about the time a Navy jet fighter fell in the same area, killing its pilot. The collision of both planes was confirmed by the CAP 19 OCT 1962 after pieces of the Beechcraft found inbedded in parts of the Navy Demon jet. Pilot, co-pilot and executive from General Electric Co and his wife.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 5 October 1962, p7A
Youngstown Vindicator 19 October 1962, p1+2
https://www.goodall.com.au/beech18-production/beech18-part-4.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2021 13:55 | TB | Added |
| 13-May-2021 14:57 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2021 15:07 | TB | Updated [[Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
| 13-May-2021 20:44 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2022 21:40 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2022 08:25 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
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