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| Date: | Friday 11 July 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ryan L-17B Navion |
| Owner/operator: | Presidio Army Flying Club |
| Registration: | N6720C |
| MSN: | NAV-4-1640 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Montezuma, Iowa -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Milwaukee, WI |
| Des Moines, IA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Disappeared during a violent rain storm over the upper Mississippi Valley. Never found. Pilot Lester W. Weber (Sixth US Army Signal Section) and familly. Ex 48-934. Wreck discovered August 5 1958
Sources:
Sausalito News 9 August 1958, p6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2021 09:42 | TB | Added |
| 27-Mar-2021 15:53 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2021 20:57 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 16-Jun-2021 15:53 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, ] |
| 16-Jun-2021 15:53 | harro | Updated [Country, ] |
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