ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248644
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 May 1928 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: | Curtiss O-1B Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) |
| Registration: | 27-279 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Whitney Point NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bolling Field DC |
| Phoenix NY | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Emergency landing in bad weather, aircraft nosed over and crashed. Passenger Congressman Thaddeus Campbell Sweet was killed. Sweet was the first sitting member of the U.S. Congress to die in a plane crash.
Sources:
https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2018/05/on_this_date_rep_thaddeus_sweet_dies_in_plane_crash_in_1928.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2021 19:05 | Cobar | Added |
| 08-Mar-2021 19:06 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
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