ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 114601
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Date: | Monday 12 January 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American T-6G Texan |
Owner/operator: | 3304th PTSqn USAF |
Registration: | 49-2904 |
MSN: | 168-8 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 8 miles north east of Sabinal, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hondo AFB, Hondo, TX (HOD/KHDO) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American T-6G Texan 49-2904 (MSN 168-8): To 3595th Pilot Training Wing, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV. Damaged when ground looped landing at Nellis AFB 16 May 1950. To 3304th Training Squadron, Hondo AB, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Hondo AB, TX 28 September 1951. Returned to 3304th Pilot Training Squadron, Hondo AB, TX 27 June 1952 after repairs.
Written off (destroyed) in Fatal crash after losing control eight miles northeast of Sabinal, TX 12 January 1953. Pilot fatality named as Francois P LeSolliec, USAF
Sources:
1.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html 2.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1953Jan.htm 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Texas_Regional_Airport_at_Hondo#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Apr-2021 18:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Apr-2021 18:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
18-Apr-2021 20:02 |
Holschtein |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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