ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84919
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| Date: | Sunday 16 September 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 124968 |
| MSN: | 269 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS Essex -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| USS Essex/VF-171 | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Operated out of USS Essex (CV-9) aircraft carrier. Experienced mid-air collision with 124972, missed arresting cables and due to lack of nylon barrier, crash landed into parked aircraft. Two killed, five missing and 15 injured. (3) At least four parked airplanes struck and destroyed, four others damaged.
(4) Pilot Lt (jg) John Kemp Keller
(4) F2H 124966 destroyed, (5) also reported 124978 destroyed and 124972 landed safely on carrier but w/o
Sources:
(1) http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ (16 SEP 51)
(2) The Times News 18 September 1951, p1 ("Sunday" = 16 SEP)
(4) AAIR (6 SEP 51 ! in error)
(5) JBaugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2015 19:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2015 10:14 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2022 09:26 | TB | Updated [Date, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2022 09:35 | TB | Updated [Country] |
| 20-Aug-2022 12:40 | TB | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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