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Date: | Thursday 3 April 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F8U-1 Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 144433 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 11 mi S of San Jose, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | NAS Moffett Field, CA/VF-211 |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Engine flame out during GCA procedure. Pilot Lt (jg) R. Louie Fisk (25), ejected but out of envelope of ejection seat and died.
Sources:
Civil Airworthiness
Santa Cruz Sentinel 4 April 1959, p12
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Oct-2018 12:38 |
J155 |
Added |
25-Feb-2022 16:11 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |