ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225348
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| Date: | Monday 26 March 1956 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Grumman S2F-1 Tracker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 133297 |
| MSN: | 268 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Masontown, PA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Columbus NAS |
| NAS Quonset, R.I./VS-32 | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two Navy "SF-2" reconnaissance plane ran into icy conditions and suffered engine problems. One crashed into the Monongahela river. Other landed safely at Parkersburg West Virginia Airport.
*Another S-2F ran off runway into a snowbank at Youngstown Municipal Airport, Ohio, on 25 March, at 20:30 and was extensively damaged. Emergency landing was made after encountering bad weather during instrument training mission from Chicago, IL to Quonset Point, R.I. The three crew were unhurt.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 26 March 1956, p*2+4
Forgotten Props (28 MAR 56, VS-32)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2019 18:49 | TB | Added |
| 22-May-2019 18:51 | TB | Updated [Time] |
| 23-May-2019 12:29 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2022 15:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Destination airport, Source] |
| 12-Aug-2022 19:43 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Aug-2022 08:09 | TB | Updated [Cn] |
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