ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278198
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Date: | Wednesday 8 July 1959 |
Time: | 16:40 |
Type: | Grumman S2F-1 Tracker |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 136554 ? |
MSN: | 463 ? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Albert Whitted Airport, FL -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Guantanamo Bay via St. Petersburg, FL |
Destination airport: | NAS Willow Grove NAS, PA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crash-landed gear-up on runway and slid more than 200 yards. Props bent and belly badly crushed ($50,000). Runway surface was damaged during impact (large hole). *Code "7W" and registration visible.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 9 July 1959, p1B+9B (*photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2022 15:29 |
TB |
Added |
17-May-2022 15:46 |
TB |
Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Aug-2022 08:21 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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