ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1175
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Date: | Tuesday 4 April 1933 |
Time: | |
Type: | Goodyear J-class |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | J-3 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Beach Haven, NJ -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Aerial patrol |
Departure airport: | NAS Lakehurst, NJ |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:During the search for other possible survivors of the accident involving the Airship USS Akron (ZRS-4), the Navy non-rigid airship J-3 (A7382) ditched in the sea due to an engine failure, killing two more men.
Sources:
1. Naval Historical Center
2. Jenaer Volksblatt 7 April 1933
3.
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/firstseries2.html 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-class_blimp Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jan-2008 05:47 |
harro |
Added |
27-Apr-2013 06:53 |
ryan |
Updated [Source] |
28-Feb-2020 21:40 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
22-May-2021 10:52 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2022 05:13 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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