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Hughes Airwest Flight 706 The wreckage of the DC-9 at its crash site Accident Date June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT Summary Mid-air collision Site San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States 34°10′30″N 118°00′00″W / 34.175°N 118.00°W / 34.175; -118.00 Total fatalities 50 Total survivors 1 First aircraft N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC ...
A RAF McDonnell Douglas/Hawker Siddeley F-4M Phantom FGR.2, XV479, 'J', of No. 54 Squadron, [96] on a training mission crashed into a farmhouse near Holstebro, Denmark, as the result of engine failure on take-off [97] killing a woman and her child. Police and rescuers who rushed to the scene could do nothing to save them from the burning house.
The aircraft went off-course and crashed into terrain in poor visibility. January 14, 1936 17 0 0 American Airlines Flight 1: near Goodwin: Arkansas: Douglas DC-2: The aircraft crashed for undetermined reasons. October 7, 1935 12 0 0 United Airlines Trip 4: near Hecla: Wyoming: Boeing 247D: The pilot is believed to lost spatial awareness and ...
The plane went into a spin as the wing failed outboard of the engine and crashed on Jonathan Smith Mountain, a hill east of Puzzle Mountain in Newry, Maine. The flash of the fire was seen from as far away as Lewiston and Bridgton , and several people witnessed the crash, including hundreds of movie-goers at the Rumford Point Drive-In.
AMHC Gilbert Chavarria attached to US Navy VF-154 the Black Knights, while on board USS Coral Sea died after being blown into a parked F-4 Phantom II, by another F-4 Phantom during flight deck operations in the Sea of Japan. 22 February Blue Angels pilot Lcdr. Stu Powrie, 1970 Naval Academy graduate killed in A-4 Skyhawk crash during airshow ...
The plane suffered an engine failure, stalled during a turn back towards the airport and impacted Lake Juurusvesi. [85] [86] 6 October A United States Navy Douglas C-118B Liftmaster, BuNo 131618, assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 crashes into a fog-shrouded hill 35 km south of Santiago de Chile, Chile. All 18 people on board are ...
The first crash involving a Bell-Boeing Osprey occurs when the fifth MV-22, BuNo 163915, three minutes into its maiden flight at a Boeing flight test facility at Wilmington, Delaware, suffers problems with the gyros due to incorrect wiring in the flight-control system [55] and crashes into the ground from a 15-foot (4.6 metre) hover during an ...
USMC F-4 pilots claimed three enemy MiGs at the cost of one aircraft in air-combat. USAF F-4 Phantom crews scored 107 + 1 ⁄ 2 MiG kills (including 33 + 1 ⁄ 2 MiG-17s, eight MiG-19s and 66 MiG-21s) at a cost of 33 Phantoms in air-combat. [92] F-4 pilots were credited with a total of 150 + 1 ⁄ 2 MiG kills at a cost of 42 Phantoms in air-combat.