Incident North American F-100C-20-NA Super Sabre 54-1882,
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Date:Wednesday 16 September 1959
Time:14:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic SSAB model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-100C-20-NA Super Sabre
Owner/operator:Thunderbirds USAF
Registration: 54-1882
MSN: 217-143
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:In a US Army range area South of Sheperdsville KY -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Louisville-Standiford Ap
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Heavy landing Gear failure and impossible landing, the pilot, Capt Griffin Herman E. manage the aircraft in a unpopulated area and ejected safely.

Sources:

Joe Baugher
My sources

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Apr-2018 16:10 j155 Added
21-May-2018 17:32 A.J. Scholten Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator]
20-Jun-2018 16:39 j155 Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2020 17:43 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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