Accident North American F-86F Sabre 52-4932, Tuesday 12 January 1954
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Date:Tuesday 12 January 1954
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic F86 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-86F Sabre
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 52-4932
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 mi SW of Long Beach Airport, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Williams AFB, AZ
Destination airport:Long Beach, CA
Narrative:
Crashed in two houses after stall/spin. A seventh victim died of heard attack.

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/
El Tiempo 14 January 1954, p8
Diário de Lisboa 13 January 1954, p12

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
06-Mar-2014 16:30 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
24-Jun-2017 19:57 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ]
24-Jun-2017 20:01 TB Updated [Source, ]

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