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| Date: | Wednesday 28 August 1935 |
| Time: | 08:15 LT |
| Type: |  Waco YOC |
| Owner/operator: | Waco Distributors |
| Registration: | NC14621 |
| MSN: | 4245 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hillsgrove, RI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Boston, MA |
| Hillsgrove Airport, Warwick, RI | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot Joshua Crane Jr. was killed, passenger seriously injured. Upon landing a "freak gust of wind" flipped the aircraft.
Sources:
Tonawanda News. N.Y. Times. Archives.
https://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Dec-2009 21:02 | DACOMA | Updated |
| 31-Jan-2010 00:10 | 35waco | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 21-Nov-2020 14:31 | Sergey L. | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Nov-2021 10:08 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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