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| Date: | Sunday 15 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 1766 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Long Island Sound off New Rochelle, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Floyd Bennett Field,NY |
Lost control after an engine failure while performing aerobatics and crashed into the Long Island Sound. The pilot was killed after bailing out at low altitude.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1940-12-16/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=12%2F15%2F1940&sort=date&date2=12%2F20%2F1940&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=TYLER+Tyler&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Tyler&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2022 15:12 | Cobar | Added |
| 25-Jun-2023 18:22 | TB | Updated |
| 23-Sep-2023 09:20 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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