Accident Curtiss A-12 Shrike 33-234, Friday 1 April 1938
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Date:Friday 1 April 1938
Time:
Type:Curtiss A-12 Shrike
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)
Registration: 33-234
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kelly Field, Texas -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kelly Field, TX
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Emergency landing in a corn field after running out of fuel and crashed. The pilot died later that day in hospital.

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fLwtAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA18-PA14&lpg=RA18-PA14&dq=glencoe+ontario+aircraft+crash+september+9+1938&source=bl&ots=4jB7CmtIOx&sig=ACfU3U0bOPA1fi0vK4EwY_X7RgVBg28uMw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitp-Tw1uzyAhUFwKQKHYHAAYwQ6AF6BAgSEAM#v=onepage&q=Obituaries&f=false

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Sep-2021 11:45 Cobar Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
30-Apr-2024 09:51 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator, ]

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