ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115326
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| Date: | Monday 3 September 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 107th PTS, 127th PTG, USAF |
| Registration: | 47-1599 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buckeye Auxiliary Field, 7 miles North West of Buckeye, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luke AFB, Maricopa County, Arizona (LUF/KLUF) |
| Buckeye Auxiliary Field, Buckeye, Arizona (BXK/KBXK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84C-16-RE Thunderjet 47-1599, 107th PTS, 127th PTG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) September 3 1951 when crashed at Buckeye Auxiliary Field, 7 miles North West of Buckeye, Arizona. Accident reported as "Crashed due to engine failure/engine fire". Pilot was Hendrick M Themmen, USAF
Buckeye Municipal Airport (IATA: BXK, ICAO: KBXK) is a city-owned public-use airport located 7 miles (6.1 nautical miles 11 km) northwest of the central business district of Buckeye, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The field was originally an auxiliary airfield for Luke Air Force Base built during World War II. After the war it was obtained by the Town of Buckeye (now City of Buckeye) for use as a civilian airport.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=65757
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5109.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckeye_Municipal_Airport
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base
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