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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 1938 |
| Time: | c. 16:00 |
| Type: | Vultee V-1A |
| Owner/operator: | Examiner Printing Co. |
| Registration: | NC14250 |
| MSN: | 14 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | San Simeon, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Burbank, CA (ca 15:00) |
| Rancho San Simeon (66CA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed after overshot runway in fog and caught fire. Pilot (34) and three British citizens. One passenger survived.
Sources:
The Pittsburgh Press 25 February 1938, p2
https://cloverfield.org/airplanes/NC14250/
https://cloverfield.org/people/phillips_tj/index.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Oct-2009 12:23 | JINX | Updated |
| 17-Dec-2014 10:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 17-Dec-2014 12:30 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2019 20:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2020 15:59 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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