ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280040
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Date: | Monday 13 July 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F9F-8T Cougar |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 142499 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Corpus Christi, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Kingsville, TX/JTTU |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed in a desert area of an inactivated air station after the pilot had ejected at 7,000 ft/400 kts and the other crew member at 3,000 ft/300 kts.
Sources:
Ejection History
The Levelland Daily Sun News 14 July 1959, p5
Forgotten Jets
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jul-2022 08:42 |
TB |
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06-Jul-2022 12:06 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Source] |
06-Jul-2022 12:55 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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