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Date: | Thursday 4 October 1956 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed TV-2 (TO-2) |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 124572 |
MSN: | 580-5159 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | ca 15 mi W of El Centro, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NPU El Centro, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed in desert in the Mt. Signal area on a mission to test its ejection-seat aparatus. Pilot killed.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun 5 October 1956, p1
Scramble
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jan-2022 09:51 |
TB |
Added |
06-Jan-2022 19:45 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |