Quonset Point, Rhode Island – January 12, 1942
On January 12, 1942, an SNJ-3 Texan trainer aircraft, (Bu. No. 6911), had just landed at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station when the brakes jammed. The aircraft skidded forty feet and then nosed over. The aircraft was damaged, but the two-man crew was not injured.
Source: U. S. Navy accident report dated January 12, 1942.
