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| Date: | Friday 14 August 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada L-20A Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
| Registration: | 51-16787 |
| MSN: | 240/1058 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Atami Shizuoka -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed into mountain (Kurodake). Pilot (Ten).
Sources:
Diário de Lisboa 15 August 1953, p12
https://books.google.nl/books?id=QuVXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=Plane+crash&article_id=4132,3246542&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPmdKixuePAxVNnf0HHfqZNaI4UBDoAXoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=Plane%20crash&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2016 17:01 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Jun-2017 20:41 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Sep-2025 14:57 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, ] |
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