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| Date: | Wednesday 8 July 1959 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Grumman S2F-1 Tracker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 136554 ? |
| MSN: | 463 ? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Albert Whitted Airport, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guantanamo Bay via St. Petersburg, FL |
| NAS Willow Grove NAS, PA |
Crash-landed gear-up on runway and slid more than 200 yards. Props bent and belly badly crushed ($50,000). Runway surface was damaged during impact (large hole). *Code "7W" and registration visible.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 9 July 1959, p1B+9B (*photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2022 15:29 | TB | Added |
| 17-May-2022 15:46 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2022 08:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
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