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Date: | Thursday 16 January 1964 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Grumman S-2A Tracker |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Amarillo AFB, TX -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS North Island, CA |
Destination airport: | El Paso, TX |
Narrative:Emergency landing at night due to failure of one engine. Engine fell off during touch-down and aircraft veered off runway into a ditch. Fire broke out, but was extinguished.
Sources:
The Daily News-Telegram 17 January 1964, p2
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jul-2022 05:26 |
TB |
Added |
21-Jul-2022 05:42 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
13-Aug-2022 08:38 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |