ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26915
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Date: | 04-AUG-1929 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed Vega 5B |
Owner/operator: | General Tire & Rubber Co |
Registration: | NR393H |
MSN: | 85 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | near Randsburg, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Los Angeles, CA |
Destination airport: | Chicago, IL |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed on delivery flight, when disintegrated in a thunderstorm at 4,000ft. Pilot Virgil Cline.
Sources:
Ludington Daily News 5 August 1929
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Dec-2020 17:33 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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