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| Date: | Sunday 3 May 1953 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Lockheed TV-2 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131795 |
| MSN: | 580-6629 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N of Palacios Airport, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Memphis, TN |
| NAS Kingsville, TX/ATU-200 |
Ran out of fuel and crashed after run into a thunderstorm. Pilot Lt John Edward Nicklin (25) killed in bail out, passenger parachuted successfully and survived injured.
Sources:
Palacios Beacon 7 May 1953, p1
AAIR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2021 16:51 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Mar-2022 17:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2022 19:16 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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