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| Date: | Saturday 16 July 1921 |
| Time: | 16:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-4K |
| Owner/operator: | US Air Mail Services |
| Registration: | 222 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marina Field, San Francisco, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Marina Field, San Francisco, CA |
| Sacramento, CA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lost control on take off at 300ft, crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=8FtOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=air+mail++crash+grampian+pa+march+7+1925&source=bl&ots=eDn7WcUPCR&sig=ACfU3U0sLP5k7I1yygmyXpby7ZURBWI91w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC-LLfzqn0AhUxNOwKHaiHB5UQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q=air%20mail%20%20crash%20grampian%20pa%20march%207%201925&f=false
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HTS19210717.2.19&srpos=162&e=01-01-1920-01-12-1924--en--20--161--txt-txIN-Plane+crash-------1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2021 16:37 | Cobar | Added |
| 23-Nov-2021 10:24 | Cobar | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 28-Jul-2022 17:22 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Source, ] |
| 28-Jul-2022 17:27 | Cobar | Updated [Time, ] |
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