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| Date: | Friday 22 April 1960 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Convair RB-58A Hustler |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-1023 |
| MSN: | 30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ogden, UT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth, TX |
| Salt Lake City, UT | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed due to loss of control during normal flight due to data system failure. Crashed in the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah during a test flight. Last contact 14:22. One engineer (29) of the three civil crew bailed out. Pilot (38) and another engineer (30) died.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
The Victoria Advocat 24 April 1960, p54
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2013 08:42 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 09-Apr-2013 09:02 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Oct-2015 18:59 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 21-Oct-2015 19:00 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Oct-2015 19:01 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2021 14:39 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 21-May-2021 08:23 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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