Quonset Point, Rhode Island – October 17, 1944
TBF-1 Avenger
U. S. Navy Photo
On October 17, 1944, a TBF-1 Avenger, (Bu. No. 01769), with three men aboard, was taking off for a training flight from the Quonset Point Naval Air Station. Just after becoming airborne, but still over the runway, the engine suddenly lost power and the aircraft fell back onto the runway with its wheels retracted. The aircraft suffered substantial damage as a result of the incident, but the crew was not injured.
The aircraft was assigned to VTN-91.
Source:
U.S. Navy accident report dated October 19, 1944.
