List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1950–1959): Difference between revisions
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*29 July - [[Royal Navy]] [[Fairey Gannet|Fairey Gannet AS.4]], ''XA465'', 'C 234', cannot lower [[undercarriage]], makes power on deck belly landing into crash barrier on [[HMS Centaur]]. Crew okay but airframe written off, salvaged in [[Singapore]], ending up on fire dump at [[Sembawang]]. <ref>Smith, Dave, "''Hit The Deck''", Flypast, Stamford, Lincs., UK, No. 328, November 2008, page 42.</ref> |
*29 July - [[Royal Navy]] [[Fairey Gannet|Fairey Gannet AS.4]], ''XA465'', 'C 234', cannot lower [[undercarriage]], makes power on deck belly landing into crash barrier on [[HMS Centaur]]. Crew okay but airframe written off, salvaged in [[Singapore]], ending up on fire dump at [[Sembawang]]. <ref>Smith, Dave, "''Hit The Deck''", Flypast, Stamford, Lincs., UK, No. 328, November 2008, page 42.</ref> |
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*1 August - In what was intended to be a routine [[NACA]] flight but turns out to be the final flight ever of a [[North American F-107A]], the second accident involving the type occurs when pilot [[Scott Crossfield]] cannot get ''55-5120'' to lift off of the dry lakebed at [[Edwards AFB]], California due to improperly set stabilizer trim. Nosewheel tires blow, pilot aborts take-off, tries to taxi airframe into the wind when the left main gear catches fire, airframe suffers fire damage, F-107 flight program ends. Airframe of ''55-5120'' cut up at Edwards, fuselage shipped to [[Shepard AFB]], Texas, for use as fire training aid. <ref>Simone, William J., "''One Oh Seven''", Aerophile, Austin, Texas, August 1978, Volume 1, Number 5, pages 260, 265.</ref> |
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*10 August – A [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] [[Canadair Sabre]] of the [[Golden Hawks]] aerobatic team overshot when landing at McCall Airfield, Alberta, with the rest of the team and collided with a [[Piper Pacer]] about 2 miles W of the field. Pilot of the Sabre and two occupants of the Pacer were killed.<ref> {{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2000 |month= |title=Casualty Compendium Part Seventy Seven|journal=Air-Britain Archive |volume=2000 |issue=2 |pages=66 |issn=0262-4923}}</ref> |
*10 August – A [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] [[Canadair Sabre]] of the [[Golden Hawks]] aerobatic team overshot when landing at McCall Airfield, Alberta, with the rest of the team and collided with a [[Piper Pacer]] about 2 miles W of the field. Pilot of the Sabre and two occupants of the Pacer were killed.<ref> {{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2000 |month= |title=Casualty Compendium Part Seventy Seven|journal=Air-Britain Archive |volume=2000 |issue=2 |pages=66 |issn=0262-4923}}</ref> |
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*1 September – A [[USAF]] [[Boeing B-47|B-47E-65-BW Stratojet]], ''51-5248'', of the 307th Bomb Wing at [[Lincoln AFB]], [[Nebraska]], crashes during [[RATO]] take-off, killing instructor pilot Maj. Paul R. Ecelbarger, aircraft commander 1st Lt. Joseph R. Morrisey, and navigators Capt. Lucian W. Nowlin and Capt. Theodore Tallmadge.<ref>Lloyd, Alwyn T., "Boeing's B-47 Stratojet", Specialty Press, North Branch, Minnesota, 2005, ISBN 978-1-58007-071-3, page 171.</ref> |
*1 September – A [[USAF]] [[Boeing B-47|B-47E-65-BW Stratojet]], ''51-5248'', of the 307th Bomb Wing at [[Lincoln AFB]], [[Nebraska]], crashes during [[RATO]] take-off, killing instructor pilot Maj. Paul R. Ecelbarger, aircraft commander 1st Lt. Joseph R. Morrisey, and navigators Capt. Lucian W. Nowlin and Capt. Theodore Tallmadge.<ref>Lloyd, Alwyn T., "Boeing's B-47 Stratojet", Specialty Press, North Branch, Minnesota, 2005, ISBN 978-1-58007-071-3, page 171.</ref> |
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