ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 112767
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1950 |
| Time: | 12:19 LT |
| Type: |  North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | 93rd FISqn /81st FIGp USAF |
| Registration: | 48-306 |
| MSN: | 151-43675 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile east of Emmons, West Virginia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Charleston AFB, West Virginia |
| Kirtland AFB, New Mexico | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two North American F-86A Sabre fighter jets attached to the 93rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 81st Fighter-Interceptor Group, at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, crashed on March 22, 1950, in Emmons, West Virginia, just outside Charleston. They had landed in Charleston the previous day due to low fuel on a cross-country flight. After fuel was delivered from Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, the pilots, Lt. Col. A. F. Reinhardt, 43, and Capt. George Evans, 28, took off this date in morning marginal weather with low clouds and rain.
A few minutes later, both aircraft nose-dived into the side yard of local landowner. Both pilots KWF. F-86A 48–306, and F-86A 49-1019, took off in parallel from Kanawha Airport and had an apparent mid-air collision.
Sources:
1. Charleston Gazette, March 23rd 1950
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005144132/http://www.mywvhome.com/crash.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1954)#1950
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html (Covers all USAF serials 1946-48)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2012 17:49 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2020 18:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2020 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 09-Apr-2020 19:07 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Operator] |
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