Incident de Havilland DH-4B 153,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269810
 
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Date:Tuesday 4 January 1921
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic dh4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH-4B
Owner/operator:US Air Mail Services
Registration: 153
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gough Street, San Francisco, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Marina Field, CA
Destination airport:Sacramento, CA
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Emergency landing after an engine failure at 2000ft in fog, hit some trolley wires while landing on Gough Street and nosed into the ground. The airplane was destroyed by a post-crash fire, the pilot unhurt.

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=Sellers&f=false

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Nov-2021 12:53 Cobar Added
26-Nov-2021 10:03 Cobar Updated [Location, Narrative]

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