Incident Grumman TBM-3E Avenger 86182,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177481
 
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Date:Wednesday 26 September 1956
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic TBM model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Owner/operator:Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
Registration: 86182
MSN: 3001
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:HMCS Magnificent at sea -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:HMCS Magnificent
Destination airport:HMCS Magnificent
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
RCN Avenger 86182 (code 389), went over the port side when carrying out landing practice on the RCN aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent. The ship’s helicopter crew rescued the pilot within two minutes of the ditching.

Two days later the same pilot put Avenger 53322 over the side and was again rescued by the same helicopter pilot.

Sources:

http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/ho4s3_r_murray.pdf

Revision history:

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02-Jul-2015 05:32 yukonjack Added

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