ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274896
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Date: | Thursday 20 January 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | Northrop T-38A Talon |
Owner/operator: | NASA |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Matagorda Island, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Matagorda Island bombing/gunnery range |
Destination airport: | local |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into the beach while practice instrument landings on Matagora Island bombing and gunnery runway. Two civil pilots (41/37) from Space Agency Aircraft Operations Division of Houston Space Center.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 21 January 1972, p1
Revision history:
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