Accident Vought A-7P Corsair II 5540,
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Date:Thursday 9 May 1985
Time:13:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic A7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vought A-7P Corsair II
Owner/operator:Força Aérea Portuguesa
Registration: 5540
MSN: A-188/P-040
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:8 mi W of Atoka, OK -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Dallas
Destination airport:NAS Dallas
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed on pre-delivery flight. US pilot killed.

Sources:

Scramble
Flight International 24 May 1986, p21

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
20-Oct-2013 20:48 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative]
20-Oct-2013 20:50 angels one five Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Aug-2014 11:50 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
12-Aug-2014 17:08 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
24-Apr-2016 17:01 Anon. Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport]
13-Jan-2017 16:36 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative]
13-Jan-2017 17:10 TB Updated [Narrative]

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