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| Date: | Sunday 22 April 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 100 Special |
| Owner/operator: | Tecon Corporation |
| Registration: | N247K |
| MSN: | 1094 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Richardson near Dallas, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Highland Park Airport, TX |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed when wing broke off during stunt flight. Pilot Robert L. Hallbeck. This airplane from 1929 was built for Howard Hughes to use in movies.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 23 April 1956, p10
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2018 17:21 | TB | Added |
| 25-Jan-2022 17:24 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
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