Narrative:
A Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor passenger plane crashed following a mid-air collision with US Army Air Force Boeing PW-9D (28-37) pursuit fighter plane. The fighter plane entered an uncontrolled dive after the collision. The Tri-Motor broke up and crashed.
The fighter pilot 'had been stunting and otherwise violating air traffic rules', according to an official.
Loss of control
» The Southeast Missourian - Apr 22, 1929
accident date: 21-04-1929
type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
registration: NC9636
accident date: 21-04-1929
type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
registration: NC9636
accident date: 21-04-1929
type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
registration: NC9636
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 21 April 1929 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor |
| Operator: | Maddux Airlines |
| Registration: | NC9636 |
| MSN: | 5-AT-010 |
| First flight: | 1928-12-06 (5 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 6,5 km (4.1 mls) E of San Diego Airport, CA (SAN) ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Diego Airport, CA (SAN/KSAN), United States of America |
| Phoenix (unknown airport), AZ, United States of America |
A Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor passenger plane crashed following a mid-air collision with US Army Air Force Boeing PW-9D (28-37) pursuit fighter plane. The fighter plane entered an uncontrolled dive after the collision. The Tri-Motor broke up and crashed.
The fighter pilot 'had been stunting and otherwise violating air traffic rules', according to an official.
Classification:
Mid air collisionLoss of control
Sources:
» The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins» The Southeast Missourian - Apr 22, 1929
Photos
accident date: 21-04-1929
type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
registration: NC9636
accident date: 21-04-1929
type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
registration: NC9636
accident date: 21-04-1929
type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
registration: NC9636
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