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| Date: | Thursday 3 November 1932 |
| Time: | 02:48 LT |
| Type: | Lockheed Vega 5 |
| Owner/operator: | Crosley Radio Corporation |
| Registration: | NR496M |
| MSN: | 619 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Floyd Bennett Field, New York, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Floyd Bennett Field, New York, NY |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Attempted record flight but crashed during the takeoff. Left wing, fuselage and undercarriage were damaged. Occupant,
Miss Ruth Rowland Nichols, sole onboard, was unhurt.
Sources:
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/nr496m/ n
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1931 | NR496M | Ruth Nicols | 0 | Saint John's, NFD |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2020 16:01 | Sergey L. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2021 18:33 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, ] |
| 07-Dec-2021 14:23 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 06-Jan-2024 11:18 | Cobar | Updated [Source, ] |
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