ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 258372
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Date: | Monday 26 December 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 52-9712 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Los Angeles Int'l Airport, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Landed on a taxiway instead the runway. Lost a wing tank when it hit a precision radar shack. Ran down embankment, crashed through a fence and hit a car on bussy Sepulveda Boulevard. Pilot Capt Dwight Moody Cook, Jr (31) thrown out with his seat and died. Car driver seriously injured.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/T-33.html The Daily News-Telegram 27 December 1955, p4
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-May-2021 16:51 |
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17-Mar-2022 19:05 |
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Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2022 19:59 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Registration, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2022 20:15 |
TB |
Updated [Narrative] |
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