ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 114560
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| Date: | Monday 10 December 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American T-6D Texan |
| Owner/operator: | HQ Sqn /127th PTGp USAF |
| Registration: | 44-81416 |
| MSN: | 121-42138 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 17 miles south west of Gila Bend, Arizona -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luke AFB, Glendale, Arizona |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
T-6D Texan 44-81416 (MSN 121-42138) 2537th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Perrin Field, Sherman, TX. Damaged when ground looped at Perrin Auxiliary Field #2, Gaskin, TX 10 March 1945. Damaged landing at Perrin Auxiliary Field #2, Gaskin, TX 19 March 1945. Damaged landing at Perrin Auxiliary Field #3, Bilbo, TX 19 September 1945. To 3510th Maintenance Squadron, 3510th Maintenance and Supply Group, Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX.
Damaged landing at Austin Municipal Airport, TX 18 November 1950. Headquarters Squadron, 127th Pilot Training Group, Luke AFB, Glendale, AZ. Wrecked in a fatal crash seventeen miles southwest of Gila Bend, AZ 10 December 1951. Pilot fatality named as Haven B. Hall, USAF
However, apparently rebuilt for futher civilian use: Registered 11 December 1959 as N6440D; regsitration cancelled 2 February 1971
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_5.html
2. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1951Dec.htm
3. FAA Civil Registration 1959-1971: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6440D
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2018 08:44 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 17-Feb-2021 20:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2021 08:50 | Paco | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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