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| Date: | Saturday 29 October 1966 |
| Time: | 14:00 est |
| Type: |  Douglas A-4 Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | 149960 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fallon Air Base, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fallon |
| Fallon |
Lt. Charles R. Nelson, while piloting his U.S. Navy A-4 Skyhawk, coming out of a strafing run while practicing military maneuvers, experienced a no. 5 bearing failure in his JT8-A or JT8-D jet engine which resulted in catastrophic failure and disintegration of the aircraft engine which separated the tail of the aircraft and resulted in immediate impact and which killed Lt. Nelson
Sources:
USN correspondence to the Nelson family; press accounts
PR
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2024 18:30 | MickMan | Added |
| 23-May-2024 18:30 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, ] |
| 16-Sep-2024 06:02 | CJT | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
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