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| Date: | Saturday 4 October 1924 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss R-6 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Service (USAAS) |
| Registration: | AS-68564 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, OH |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Broke up at 1000ft and crashed, was competing in the Pulitzer Race.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CC19241004.2.7&srpos=81&e=01-01-1920-01-12-1924--en--20--81--txt-txIN-Plane+crash-------1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2022 10:40 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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