Observation Aircraft
Navy Observation Aircraft
Click here to go directly to the Observation Aircraft Gallery
Vought O3U-6 Corsair
Aircraft NO. 8196 Model O2U-3 Convertable Engine Model R-1340-C
Contractor Chance Vought Date Stricken 31 Oct. 1938
Total Flying Time 3073.7 Hours Aircraft closes to camera.
Click on picture to go to gallery for larger view of aircraft.
Shipped Destination Received
05-13-29 Pensacola 05-20-29
TROUBLE REPORT
Date Station Remarks
08-05-29 Pensacola Nose cowling bent.
08-06-29 Pensacola Top Motor cowl bent, etc.
06-10-30 Pensacola Engine
06-10-31 Pensacola
Brace wires in bottom & left side second bay aft of rear seat broken, etc.
02-12-36 Pensacola
Crushed upper wings, rudder bent & crushed; forward interplane struts bent; forward center section struts bent.
05-21-36 Pensacola
One propeller tip broken off, other tip bent. Fairing on left oleo landing gear strut dented.
06-08-36 Pensacola No damage to plane.
07-15-36 Pensacola
Top wing section crushed; Propeller bent, engine mount braces bent.
09-30-38 Pensacola
Fabric badly torn on fuselage. Engine cowling bent & cracked. Tail unit hinge fittings worn. Some rust on fuselage & brace wires etc. Strike Plane.
================================================
Vought O3U-6 Corsair
Aircraft NO. 9739 Model O3U-6 Observ. Engine Model R-1340-12
Contractor Chance Vought Date Stricken 31 July 1941
Click on picture to go to gallery for larger view of aircraft.
Shipped Destination Received
03-26-35 NAS San Diego 04-01-35
04-01-35 Aircraft #2, S.D. 04-01-35
02-12-40 NAS San Diego, BaseFor. 02-15-40
10-07-40 VJ-3, Pear Harbor
TROUBLE REPORT
Date Station Remarks
06-23-41 VJ-3 Lost at sea.
To go to Observation Aircraft in my gallery click here
====================================================