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| Date: | Wednesday 9 January 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American A-5A Vigilante |
| Owner/operator: | North American Aviation |
| Registration: | 146694 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 miles northwest of Pomeroy, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | CMH |
| CMH | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Safe ejection, company test pilot flying solo. Both engines flamed out at 17,000’. Pilot ejected at 10,000’. The pilot landed near a grocery store and called his North American Aviation office in Columbus. A car was sent to retrieve him. The Vigilante crashed about 65 miles southeast of the NAA plant at Columbus.
Aircraft still with the manufacturer and no US Navy accident report was generated.
1st production A3J-1 Vigilante built. Redesignated A-5A it was a “conversion tester” for the A-5B models (improved bomber design with hump back for added fuel, stronger landing gear, and enlarged trailing-edge flaps and fully-blown, leading-edge flaps to allow for zero headwind take-offs).
The aircraft was delivered on 25 February 1959 and remained at Columbus its entire service life for Testing with BWR-RDT&E (Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation). Strike on 9 January 1963 with 369 Total Hours Flown.
North American Aviation test pilot on board was George Burdick.
Sources:
Forgotten Jets (9 JAN 63)
US Navy Aircraft History Card
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2022 21:41 | TB | Added |
| 09-Feb-2022 21:57 | TB | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 22-May-2024 10:04 | ChrisB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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