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Date: | Friday 6 August 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss Hawk 75A-3 |
Owner/operator: | Finnish Air Force |
Registration: | CU-573 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | unspecified -
Finland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft made an unsuccesful emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot had forgotten to switch fuel tanks. The pilot was killed in the crash.
Sources:
Finnish aviation accident database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jan-2010 01:07 |
slowkid |
Added |
26-Aug-2013 06:18 |
Anon. |
Updated [Date] |