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| Date: | Thursday 6 September 1928 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Stinson SM-1B |
| Owner/operator: | Packard Electric Company |
| Registration: | NC4679 |
| MSN: | M226 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rockford IL -
United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Rockford IL |
| Destination airport: | Milwaukee, WI |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hit telephone wires on take off due to an engine failure and crashed into the Rock River.
Sources:
Leeuwarder courant
07-09-1928
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90648847/ Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 13-Mar-2021 19:31 |
Cobar |
Added |
| 16-Nov-2021 18:33 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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