Accident Fokker D.VII AS-5382, Saturday 15 September 1923
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Date:Saturday 15 September 1923
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic D7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fokker D.VII
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Service (USAAS)
Registration: AS-5382
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:McCook Field, Dayton, OH -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:McCook Field, Dayton, OH
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed from 1500ft following structural failure.

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MSS19230916.2.58&srpos=392&e=01-01-1920-01-12-1924--en--20--381--txt-txIN-Plane+crash-------1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Aug-2022 09:54 Cobar Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, ]
04-Aug-2022 09:54 Cobar Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]

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