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| Date: | Friday 20 February 1953 |
| Time: | 21:19 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 10A Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Gibbons-O'Keefe Air Ambulance Service |
| Registration: | N5119N |
| MSN: | 1069 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 mi from Spartanburg Airport, SC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Rockford, IL |
| Spartanburg Airport, SC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Twin-engined Lockheed ambulance plane crashed in a field after struck a radio tower at night in driving rain. Charles Needham and Kenneth A. Hughes.
Sources:
Herald-Journal 22 February 1953, p1 (photo)
https://www.electra-fying.com/post/from-live-passengers-to-dead-ones
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2020 09:27 | TB | Added |
| 01-Dec-2020 20:11 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2020 20:17 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 24-Dec-2021 13:24 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 26-Oct-2024 18:12 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 28-Oct-2024 11:27 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
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