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| Date: | Friday 10 January 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American FJ-3M Fury (F-86E) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 141364 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS Intrepid -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | VF-51 |
(2) Crashed.
(3) Navy jet pilot Lt (jg) Stephen Potter McNally (26) was killed "last week" when his plane crashed into the Atlanic Ocean in attempting to land on the carrier Intrepid.
Note: (1) explosion in the flattop's starboard catapult room on USS Kearsarge (CSB-125), on the south coast of Honshu, Japan, 10 JAN 1958, while preparing the launch of planes, killing three Navy men and two critical injured.
Sources:
(2) http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/FJ.html
(1) Youngstown Vindicator 10 January 1958, p1
(3) The Coastline Times 17 January 1958, p4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2021 11:07 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2021 19:37 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2022 16:45 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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