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| Date: | Thursday 5 January 1967 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: | Lockheed A-12 Oxcart |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 60-6928 |
| MSN: | 125 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 mi SW of Leith, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB, CA |
| Edwards AFB, CA |
Crashed. Pilot Walter L. Ray (33) ejected from the aircraft but he failed to separate from the ejection seat and was killed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Air Enthusiast 52
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_A-12
http://www.u2sr71patches.co.uk/a12U2loction.htm
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35132955/explorer-finds-cia-a12-oxcart-crash-site-area-51/
USAF report: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP71B00590R000100010001-4.pdf
The Victoria Advocat 8 January 1967, p5A
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-May-2011 03:15 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2016 15:26 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 06-Mar-2016 15:35 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2020 18:44 | harro | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 07-Jan-2021 15:14 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 24-Dec-2021 08:14 | harro | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 22-Jan-2022 14:58 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 11-Jul-2022 18:22 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2022 13:19 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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