ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199338
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman TE-2A Hawkeye |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 150530 |
| MSN: | 10 GE 725 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USCG Airport Elizabeth City, NC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | USCG Elizabeth City, NC |
| USCG Elizabeth City, NC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed while practicing touch-and-go due to failure of port engine's auto-feather system and struck a maintenance building setting off a fire in an upholstery and fiberglass shop. Lt. Cmdr student pilot killed as well as 3 on the ground. More than a dozen others injured.
Sources:
Stars & Stripes - Aug 2, 1976 page 6
Wikipedia - List of accidents and incidents involving military aircrraft (1960-74)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2017 10:32 | Rodger Asai | Added |
| 28-Dec-2019 11:59 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2020 20:30 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2022 16:16 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
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