ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 9725
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| Date: | Friday 9 October 1981 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 |
| Owner/operator: | Vintage Aircraft |
| Registration: | N19SF |
| MSN: | 37528 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Harlingen, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Harlingen Valley International Airport, Harlingen, Texas (HRL/KHRL) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
I was covering the show for the CAF Photo Team, and saw the incident, though was too far away to be following it through the lens. The Battle of Britain reenactment normally was between a CASA 109 and their Spitfire Mk. IX, but that year the Spitfire was unavailable, so the Sea Fury had to stand in. Now, a Sea Fury is somewhat faster than the 109, and the pilot looked to be having issues NOT overtaking the 109, and was weaving from side to side so as not to overtake the 109. On one of those weaves, it looked as if the pilot might have been stalling and applied more throttle, and the aircraft just reared up, turned over and plunged into the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. eyewitness report (above)
2. NTSB Identification: FTW82FRG02: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=24402&key=0
3. FAA Registration: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=19SF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jul-2016 16:26 | Paul Whitman | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2020 21:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source] |
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