Accident Vought A-7P Corsair II 5541,
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Date:Friday 27 March 1987
Time:c. 15:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic A7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vought A-7P Corsair II
Owner/operator:Força Aérea Portuguesa
Registration: 5541
MSN: A-189/P-041
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Boticas -   Portugal
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Monte Real Air Base (BA5) (LPMR)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed. Collided against the Serra do Leiranco. Cap Pil Fernando Ferreira died.

Sources:

https://joseluislopotunafap.blogs.sapo.pt/435.html
Flight International 14 May 1988, p41
Diário de Lisboa 28 March 1987, p6

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
08-Aug-2014 11:58 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
12-Aug-2014 17:20 TB Updated [Location, Country, Source]
22-Nov-2014 20:09 TB Updated [Location, Country]
12-Dec-2016 08:57 Anon. Updated [Phase]
13-Dec-2016 09:46 Anon. Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Jan-2017 16:56 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Source]

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