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| Date: | Tuesday 13 September 1932 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Sikorsky S-38B |
| Owner/operator: | George R. Hutchinson |
| Registration: | NC159H |
| MSN: | 114-19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Itersak Fjord 40 miles south west of Angmagsalik, Greenland -
 Greenland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Julianshaab, Greenland |
| Angmagsalik, Greenland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Forced landing off the Greenland coast due to bad weather.. Hutchinson Family on their way from New York to London.
Sources:
http://airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N24.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Hutchinson
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-sikorsky-s-38b-greenland
De Indische courant
12-09-1932
https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=TDB19321004-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2015 12:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Country, Plane category, ] |
| 07-May-2020 19:47 | Sergey L. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2021 13:23 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2021 11:57 | Cobar | Updated [Country, ] |
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