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| Date: | Sunday 25 April 1948 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 59860 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moisant Int'l Airport, LA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Atlantic City, NJ |
| NAS Corpus Christi, TX via New Orleans, LA |
Hit a clump of trees at night while preparing to land for en-route stop. Skidded 1,500ft on the runway. The co-pilot was killed, the pilot minor injured.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times 26 April 1948, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Sep-2022 19:13 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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