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| Date: | Friday 23 April 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Grumman SF-1 |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 9489 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Sterling, CT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Floyd Bennett Field,NY |
| Haverhill, MA |
Emergency landing in a field after running out of fuel, on take off, after refueling, the wheels got stuck in the swampy field and the aircraft crashed.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014085/1937-04-24/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=04%2F23%2F1937&sort=date&date2=04%2F28%2F1937&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=6&words=Callahan&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Callahan&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2022 12:27 | Cobar | Added |
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