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Date: | Tuesday 12 May 1959 |
Time: | day |
Type: | helicopter |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | n/a |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Fort Worth, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Home-made engineless helicopter crashed from 50ft while towing by truck. Pilot Clarence Nichols (28) killed.
Sources:
The Windsor Daily Star 13 May 1959, p21
Revision history:
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