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| Date: | Saturday 16 May 1964 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Cessna T-37C Tweet |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 2416 |
| MSN: | 40741 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Alverca (LPAR) -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alverca (LPAR) |
Two T-37 of Alas de Portugal collided during practise for Air Force Day 1964. Alf Pil Av José Serafim da Encarnasao Pinto (32) crashed in River Tagus (Rio Tejo) after canopy(?) was hit by pilot Pelágio Castello Branco with rear wing.
Sources:
Scramble
https://joseluislopotunafap.blogs.sapo.pt/435.html
Diário de Lisboa 17 May 1964, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Aug-2014 16:41 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 17:31 | TB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 17:32 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 18:04 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 18:32 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2018 19:32 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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