ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157582
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Date: | Tuesday 7 June 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Patuxent River, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
Destination airport: | Langley AFB, VA (LFI/KLFI) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An F8U swerved out of control during catapult launch takeoff. It struck the helicopter, killing both pilots. Two people on the ground were also killed in the crash.
Sources:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8odTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G4gDAAAAIBAJ&dq=patuxent+crash&pg=5270,782472&hl=en https://usafrotorheads.com/chathams-clyde/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jul-2013 07:53 |
harro |
Added |
14-Apr-2015 17:22 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities] |
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