ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273976
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Date: | Friday 3 February 1967 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | Grumman TF-9J Cougar |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 146356 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 mi W of Bloomington, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Chase Field, TX/VT-25 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Nose dived in a plowed field during a "spin-stall" practice. Instructor Marine Capt Bobby G. Downing (29) ejected safely. Student pilot Lt (jg) James Harold Wendt (23) eject but died when parachute did not open.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 4 February 1967, p1
Scramble
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2022 16:05 |
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22-Jan-2022 14:17 |
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