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| Date: | Tuesday 19 January 1954 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  North American F-86F Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-4749 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Managua -
 Nicaragua
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Managua Airport |
Pilot Capt Dean L. Ray (34) killed. My father was a Nicaraguan Air Force pilot who was there when the accident happened. This is what he said, "the F86 had a flame out, as it was on final approach there was a cow that had decided to cross the runway, the pilot turned to avoid it, he hit a tree and the F86 hit inverted. My father was one of the first to make it to the wreck. When the aircraft was picked up it was found that the pilot had been decapitated during the crash.
Sources:
* http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/
The Ottawa Journal 20 January 1954, p35
**Dean L. Ray
*** Globo 20 JAN 1954, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 10-May-2013 21:58 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2013 17:45 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Mar-2018 08:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Nov-2019 17:47 | TB | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2021 19:31 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2024 05:41 | Crow62 | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
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