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Date: | Saturday 9 February 1980 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N47DD |
MSN: | 399.55731 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | ½ mile off Tulsa Airfield, Oklahoma -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Tulsa Airport (KTUL), Tulsa County, Oklahoma |
Destination airport: | Del Rio Airport (KDRT), Val Verde County, Texas, USA |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft stopped off overnight on the 8th February 1980 at Tulsa Airport when on a repositioning flight from Forbes Airport, Topeka, Kansas to Del Rio Airport Texas, USA. When taking off the following day the aircraft suffered engine failure and the ferry pilot carried out a force landing ½ mile off the airfield, suffering minor injuries but causing substantial damage to the airframe.
ENG BLOWER MALFUNCTIONED.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW80DA041 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.flyinglegends.com/aircraft/republic-p-47d-thunderbolt-g-thun.html http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p47registry/p47-4549192.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Republic_P-47D_Thunderbolt_%E2%80%98549192_F4-J%E2%80%99_%E2%80%9CNellie%E2%80%9D_(G-THUN)_(27931747027).jpg
NTSB
Images:
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Aug-2020 17:12 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Photo] |
22-Aug-2020 20:07 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
24-Aug-2020 17:15 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
25-Aug-2020 17:16 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |