Accident Grumman S2F-1 Tracker 133164,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280704
 
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Date:Wednesday 7 August 1957
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic S2P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman S2F-1 Tracker
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 133164
MSN: 135
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:NAS Hutchinson, KS -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Hutchinson, KS/ATU-604
Destination airport:NAS Hutchinson, KS
Narrative:
Crashed short of the runway. Three student pilots on first flight without an instructor. Two were fatally injured. One survived only minor injured.

Sources:

The Fort Scott Tribune 8 August 1957, p7 (type)
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth785834/m1/1/?q=jet+crash
Forgotten Props

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Jul-2022 19:01 TB Added
23-Jul-2022 19:47 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
23-Jul-2022 19:52 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
11-Aug-2022 14:21 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Source]
13-Aug-2022 08:11 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]

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