ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335772
Date: | Sunday 7 October 1951 |
Time: | 01:10 |
Type: | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
Owner/operator: | National Homes Corp. |
Registration: | N5545N |
MSN: | 18-2364 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 13 km SW Lafayette, IN -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed in bad weather and low ceiling in a soybean field and caught fire.
The airplane was flying officials from the National Homes Corp. Back home following a Canadian hunting trip. The Lodestar also carried deer, ducks and fish.
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
The Southeast Missourian - Oct 8, 1951 Location
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