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| Date: | Tuesday 24 May 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American F-86F Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | Ejército del Aire |
| Registration: | C.5-135 |
| MSN: | 227-199 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Torrent -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Manises (Valencia) (Ala 1) |
Exploded after emergency landing due to on board fire. Pilot Cap Agustín Cabello Pérez (29) escaped unhurt.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 27 May 1960, p2
Scramble
ABC (Madrid) 26 May 1960, p58/11 June 1960, p24 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 27-Apr-2011 18:10 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Oct-2014 17:58 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Feb-2016 10:18 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2016 20:23 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2017 21:53 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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