Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | xx JAN 1954 |
| Type: | Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor |
| Operator: | Augusto d'Argence |
| Registration: | N9645 |
| C/n / msn: | 5-AT-8 |
| First flight: | 1928-01-12 (42 years ) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | at an unknown location (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Suffered a runway excursion when a wheel locked on landing. The airplane came to rest in a ditch. It was not repaired.
Sources:
» The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
