ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274092
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| Date: | Saturday 7 August 1971 |
| Time: | 18:32 |
| Type: | Grumman G-32A |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N7F |
| MSN: | 447 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Pickett, Wisconsin, -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wittman Airport / Pioneer Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. |
| Wittman Airport / Pioneer Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Grumman G-32A, N7F, caught fire midair during an aerobatic demonstration at the 1971 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh display on 7th August 1971, the two aircrew safely bailed out of the aircraft which crashed and was destroyed near Pickett, 10 miles southwest of Oshkosh Wittman Airport.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-briefs/NTSB-BA-72-07-OCR.pdf (Report 3-2928 - P.1621)
https://planesoffame.org/aircraft/plane-G-32A
https://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/warbird-profile-leroyss-last-the-grumman-f3f.html
Aeroplane Monthly February 1994 - 'Rolling out the Barrels' P.7
https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=8151
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAA_AirVenture_Oshkosh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittman_Regional_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2022 01:43 | Peter Clarke | Added |
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