Incident Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship NR1313,
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Date:Thursday 7 April 1932
Time:
Type:Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: NR1313
MSN: R-2004
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Worcester, Massachusetts -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Worcester, Massachusetts
Destination airport:New York NY
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Upon takeoff the plane, named "Texaco 13", crashed into a brick wall. The plane broke apart, but the pilot, Frank Hawkes survived the crash.
As the date of the crash also 16 April 1932 is mentioned.

Sources:

http://www.air-journal.fr/2016-04-07-le-7-avril-1932-dans-le-ciel-frank-hawkes-victime-dun-accident-davion-5159186.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hawks
https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19320407&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Apr-2016 13:39 gerard57 Added
07-Apr-2016 13:40 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
14-May-2021 18:31 Cobar Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]

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