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| Date: | Thursday 16 March 1933 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fairchild Pilgrim 100A |
| Owner/operator: | American Airways |
| Registration: | NC732N |
| MSN: | 6612 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth, TX |
| Amarillo, TX | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Emergency landing due to inflight fire, aircraft burned out.
330316A March 16, 1933 Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Aircraft: Fairchild Pilgrim 100A (NC732N) American Airways
Route: Atlanta, Georgia – Los Angeles, California, USA
Pilot: Lewis S. Turner
The aircraft caught fire on takeoff, caught fire and was destroyed. Pilot and 2 passengers was injured.
Sources:
American Air Mail Catalogue, 6th Edition, Volume 1, "Interrupted Flights" section
http://airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N31.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_S._Turner
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2020 19:46 | kaerophil | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2020 10:26 | Sergey L. | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2021 16:50 | Cobar | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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