Accident Grumman F11F-1 Tiger 138642,
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Date:Tuesday 14 October 1958
Time:
Type:Grumman F11F-1 Tiger
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 138642
MSN: 39
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:9 mi E of Fort Morgan, AL -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:NAS Pensacola, FL
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The Grumman Tiger of the Blue Angels display team crashed into a vacant house near the sea shore at Fort Morgan.
Its pilot had reported to Pensacola only a few days before and was to be the new leader of the Blue Angels. He was carrying out a familiarisation flight and was reported by witnesses to be performing a loop (Split S) at the time of the crash. Cmdr Robert Nicholls "Nick" Glasgow (36).

Sources:

TASS
Santa Cruz Sentinel 15 October 1958, p7

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Aug-2009 17:26 angels one five Added
09-Nov-2014 13:48 Roup Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
15-Nov-2017 16:15 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-Jan-2022 20:41 TB Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport]
03-Jan-2022 19:47 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
04-Jan-2022 09:54 TB Updated [Narrative]

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