ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154495
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Date: | Monday 25 June 1956 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk FB.5 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm |
Registration: | WM968 |
MSN: | AWA.6006 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Genova habour (GE) -
Italy
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Eagle |
Destination airport: | Pisa |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two Sea Hawk FB.5s crashed into the sea seventeen minutes apart, after running out of fuel during bad weather and language problems with Pisa ATC while operating off HMS Eagle. Both aircraft were briefed to land at Pisa airfield but the US authorities had not informed the airfield of their intended arrival. WM968 was the first of the two to crash, and the pilot Cdr K. A. Leppard ejected.
Aircraft crashed near the harbour mole and parts fell on a house, injuring people.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160423024448/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaHawk.htm http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1956_06/19560626_0002.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Mar-2013 19:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Apr-2013 07:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
11-Oct-2013 09:46 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2014 18:47 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |
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