CFIT Accident Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor NC9607,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342437
 

Date:Tuesday 29 August 1933
Time:01:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic TRIM model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
Owner/operator:Transcontinental & Western Air - TWA
Registration: NC9607
MSN: 5-AT-005
Year of manufacture:1928
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Quay, NM -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Amarillo-English Field, TX (AMA/KAMA)
Destination airport:Albuquerque-West Mesa Airport, NM
Narrative:
Flew into the south side of Mesa Mountain during a severe rainstorm.

Sources:

The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
Prescott Evening Courier - Aug 29, 1933
Early Aviation Disasters / D. Gero, 2011

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