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| Date: | Tuesday 7 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Southwestern Building Company |
| Registration: | N5051C |
| MSN: | D-2313 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Laguna Atascosa near Brownsville, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sam Houston Airport, TX (14:30) |
| Brownsville, TX | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Disappeared in Corpus Christi area. Pilot Joseph W. Shiver (40, electric Co). Search gave up. Wreckage discovered during search for another Bonanza at Laguna Atascosa 7 AUG 1956.
Sources:
Victoria Advocat 10 February 1956, p1/13 February 1956, p1/7 August 1956, p1
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth801736/m1/1/?q=Plane%20crash
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2021 17:49 | TB | Added |
| 08-Feb-2021 17:57 | TB | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Feb-2021 14:59 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2022 11:07 | Cobar | Updated [Location, ] |
| 18-Jan-2022 11:07 | Cobar | Updated [Location, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 19:02 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
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