ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 127580
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| Date: | Saturday 13 November 1971 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: |  Hawker Sea Fury Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | Sherman Cooper |
| Registration: | N878M |
| MSN: | 41-H/636294 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mojave, Kern County, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Mojave, Kern County, California |
| Mojave, Kern County, California | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy as WG567. Taken On Charge: August 28, 1951. Struck Off Charge: February 8, 1957.
Owner: Robert P. Vanderveken, Pierrefords, Quebec. September 1961-1965. Registered in Canada as CF-VAN.
Owner: Michael D. Carroll, Long Beach, CA, 1965-1969. Registered in the USA as N878M. Modifed as racer. Military equipment removed, airframe lightened. Outer wing panels clipped (removing 6.5 ft. total). Small bubble canopy installed. First race appearance at Reno 1966. Flown as race #87/"Signal Sea Fury" by Lyle Shelton.
Owner: Sherman Cooper, Merced, CA, 1969-1972. Flew as Race #87/Miss Merced. Nosed over during forced landing after engine failure near Mojave, CA, November 13, 1971.
Owner: Frank C. Sanders, Chino, CA, 1980-1981. He acquired the wreckage, and stored it.
Owner: James A. Mott, South Gate, CA, 1984-1999. Acquired wreck from Frank Sanders. Rebuilt at Chino, CA, 1984-1988. Flew as race #42/Super Chief. Period betwen 1992-1999 unknown.
Owner: Stephen Bolander and Jim Michaels/J&S Aviation, Oconomowoc, WI, March 24, 1999-2002. Trucked from Chino to Ione, CA for restoration. Fitted with Wright R-3350 and additional racing mods. First flight, Ione, CA, March 2000. Flown as race #87/Miss Merced.
Owner: Eric Woelbing, Franksville, WI, July 21, 2003-2004. Flown as race #87/Miss Merced. Based at Kenosha Airport, WI.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX72FUQ41 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=62329&key=0
2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=878M
3. http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregistry/fury-wg567.html
Media:
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 N878M at Long Beach airport in 1970
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2018 09:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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