Accident Grumman TS-2A Tracker 133089, Monday 2 November 1964
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Date:Monday 2 November 1964
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic S2P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman TS-2A Tracker
Owner/operator:VT-27 US Navy
Registration: 133089
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Over Gulf of Mexico, off NAAS New Iberia, Louisiana -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS Essex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Ditched after port engine fire, two crew safe

Sources:

https://thanlont.blogspot.com/2018/07/grumman-ts-2a-on-fire.html
https://x.com/greenkayak73/status/1930733270343279086

Revision history:

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