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| Date: | Sunday 17 April 1955 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed TV-2 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 138055 |
| MSN: | 580-8993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ca 6 mi NW of Los Gatos, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Moffett Field, CA (14:00) |
| NAS Moffett Field, CA |
Missing after contact lost during instrument approach. Found crashed in Bear Creek Canyon next morning. Pilot Lt Ernest Leonard, Jr (29, NAS Kingsville, TX/ATU-200) was killed.
Sources:
Santa Cruz Sentinel 18 April 1955
AAIR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2021 16:51 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2022 15:57 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2022 21:55 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Sep-2022 17:28 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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