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| Date: | Sunday 11 August 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft SNB (C-45) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 mi SW of Huntington, WV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Anacostia, DC |
| Cincinnati, OH |
The "twin-engine Navy Beechcraft" crashed on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River after collided with a civil Aeronca training aircraft over Chesapeake (Ohio) Airport, OH.
Sources:
The Evening Star 12 August 1946, pB
AAIR (SNB 39958 and 39944 in error)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2015 10:36 | TB | Added |
| 15-Aug-2015 15:49 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 27-Nov-2015 12:08 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 27-Nov-2015 12:09 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 29-Nov-2020 20:16 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Sep-2022 17:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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