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Date: | Monday 9 March 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 125813 |
MSN: | 8007 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Santa Ana Mountains, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Crashed north of Irvine Lake in the Santa Ana Mountains, CA. Both crewmen were killed.
On March 9, 1953 Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight Bu No 125813 crashed in the rugged Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County, California. The accident occurred during a routine night training flight at 9:44 p.m.
Factors included in this tragic loss of two marine aviators were darkness, stratus clouds, and a weak radio, possibly affected by the mountainous terrain.
Killed in the accident were the pilot, Captain Cameron A. Mallory, USMCR and radar operator, Sergeant Frank R. Woodard, USMC.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F3D.html not in AAIR/not in local news papers
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-May-2021 16:27 |
ASN archive |
Added |
16-Aug-2022 09:41 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
02-Jul-2024 07:09 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
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