Otis Air Force Base – October 17, 1947
On October 17, 1947, an F8F-1 Bearcat, (Bu. No. 95331), left the Quonset Naval Air Station in Rhode Island bound for Otis AFB in Falmouth, Massachusetts. As the pilot was coming into to land at Otis, the engine suddenly lost all power. Realizing he couldn’t make it to the service runway, the pilot decided to make an emergency wheels-up landing in the grass nearby. The aircraft received considerable damage as it skidded for about 600 feet before coming to rest. The pilot was not injured.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report dated October 17, 1947