ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255376
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Date: | Wednesday 27 June 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 171st PTS, 127th PTG, USAF |
Registration: | 47-1566 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Luke AFB, Maricopa County, Arizona (LUF/KLUF) |
Destination airport: | Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada (LSV/KLSV) |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Republic F-84C-16-RE Thunderjet 47-1566, 171st PTS, 127th PTG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) June 27 1951 when crashed in a forced landing due to engine failure at Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Pilot Louis C Gillette survived. Accident reported as "crash/belly landing due to mechanical failure".
Sources:
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http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html 2.
https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html 3.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=16593 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106a.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base#Nellis_AFB Revision history:
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