ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278092
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Date: | xx May 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna T-37 |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Bartow AFB, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Bartow AFB, FL |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A T-37 trainer plane collided with a buzzard, shearing off the vertical stabilizer. Air Cadet Harry Metzger managed to land
Note: a T-37 63541 seen on photo but not the accident plane.
Sources:
Lakeland Ledger 31 May 1959, p7A (photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-May-2022 14:25 |
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