ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155623
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 July 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Goodyear ZPG-3W Vigilance |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 144242 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barnegat, NJ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Lakehurst NAS, NJ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The airship was at 300 feet when it crashed into the sea just 15 miles off Long Beach Island. There were 21 crew members on board at the time, 18 of them died in the crash.
The cause of the crash was a design failure by Goodyear when a tearing of the fabric at the nose spred instantly to the very heavy radar compartment supporting a 43 foot antenna at top mid-ship and then split down the full side of the bag causing immediate release of gas and instantaneous decent in to the sea.
Sources:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QrwbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jU4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4691,1555105&dq=blimp+crash&hl=en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_ZPG-3W
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KppjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GXkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4859,2652255&dq=blimp+crash&hl=en
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L0RQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OVcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5870,1139027&dq=blimp+crash&hl=en
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2013 13:18 | ryan | Added |
| 27-Apr-2013 19:22 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2021 16:33 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Mar-2022 06:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2023 06:53 | tooners | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 15-Oct-2023 06:54 | harro | Updated [[[Operator]]] |
| 26-Mar-2024 16:02 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport] |
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