Incident Name: fire near Sacramento, CA
Date: 9/1/1961
Personnel: Bernard Evart
Age: 43
Agency/Organization: under contract with CDF (now CAL FIRE)
Position: aerial firefighter, pilot
Summary: On September 1, 1961 the Grumman F7F that Bernard Evart was piloting crashed, killing him.
Photo of another F7F Tigercat for type of aircraft, compliments of Leroy Zwicky.
Maps
near Sacramento, CA
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- Concise Information from the NTSB, FAA, AAP and research by the WLF Staff:
- 9/1/1961
- 1 killed, Bernard Evart
- Operator: unknown
- Type: Grumman F7F
- Location: near Sacramento, CA
- FAA Registration unknown
- No NTSB record could be found. Record keeping on the online NTSB lookout database began in 1962 and records are incomplete and/or spotty. Agencies generally kept their own records and did any investigation they felt necessary. That all changed with the Pressler Act in the 1970’s.
- California Death Index: Bernard C Evart
- Name: Bernard C Evart
- Event Type: Death
- Event Date: 01 Sep 1961
- Event Place: Sacramento, California, United States
- Birth Date: 13 May 1918
- Birthplace: California
- Gender: Male
- Father’s Name:
- >Mother’s Name: Keegan
- US Social Security Death Index: Bernard Evart
- Given Name: Bernard
- Surname: Evar
- Birth Date: 3 May 1918
- Social Security Number: 552-03-8138
- State: California
- Event Date: September 1961
- Age: 43
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Contributors to this article: Mellie, Tom Janney, FedFire, Leroy Zwicky for the F7F photo demonstrating type of aircraft.
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