ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140175
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Date: | Tuesday 20 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed XP-80A prototype |
Owner/operator: | 4144th BU USAAF |
Registration: | 44-83021 |
MSN: | 080-1001 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Highway 99, 6 miles SE of Rosamund, California -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Muroc AAF |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Catastrophic engine failure.
The aircraft's tail section was sliced off when a turbine blade failed in flight.
The pilot, Anthony W. LeVier baled out but suffered a severe back injury which kept him out of flying for six months.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_%281945%E2%80%931949%29 Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913 / Rene J. Francillon
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Dec-2011 19:53 |
angels one five |
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14-Dec-2012 12:14 |
harro |
Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
13-Feb-2020 16:49 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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