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Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | Goodyear FG-1D Corsair |
Owner/operator: | 14 Sqn RNZAF |
Registration: | NZ5651 |
MSN: | 3460. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Iwakuni Airfield, Honshu -
Japan
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Iwakuni |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:NZ5651 was approaching Iwakuni to land when it was upset by the slipstream of a preceding Corsair.
It landed short of the runway and overturned.
F/O Ronald Nairn escaped with slight injuries.
Aircraft written off the books at Iwakuni, 5 March, 1948.
Sources:
NZ Serials
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Aug-2011 03:35 |
angels one five |
Added |
17-Jan-2012 11:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
09-Jul-2014 08:16 |
angels one five |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2018 15:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
18-Nov-2022 23:05 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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