Accident North American F-86F Sabre C.5-77, Thursday 9 January 1958
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Date:Thursday 9 January 1958
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic F86 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-86F Sabre
Owner/operator:Ejército del Aire
Registration: C.5-77
MSN: 227-143
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mallorca -   Spain
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:BA San Juan (Esc 41)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed in sea. As "C-5-77" in local press. Pilot Cmt Vicente Berna Mestanza.

Sources:

Scramble
ABC (Sevilla) 10 January 1958, p19/ (Madrid) 10 January, p38
P_Eleven
Boletines Oficiales MISDEF Spain

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Feb-2016 15:36 TB Added
02-Mar-2016 20:17 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
02-Mar-2016 20:25 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
06-Dec-2016 15:21 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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