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| Date: | Sunday 11 July 1948 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  North American AT-6D Texan |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force USAF |
| Registration: | 42-86494 |
| MSN: | 88-18275 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | E. Quincy St, San Antonio, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Randolph Field, TX |
Unauthorized flight over San Antonio eventually crashing into an apartment building. Intense fire destroyed three houses.
Sources:
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1948_07/19480713_0001.pdf
El Tiempo 12 July 1948, p1
El Litoral 11 July 1948, p1
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283495/m1/1/?q=Plane%20crash n
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2014 20:34 | TB | Added |
| 13-Apr-2014 19:21 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, ] |
| 15-Feb-2015 20:52 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 11-Feb-2022 10:57 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2023 13:32 | Cobar | Updated |
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