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| Date: | Wednesday 25 June 1930 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Lockheed Vega 5B |
| Owner/operator: | Beardsley & Piper |
| Registration: | NC31M |
| MSN: | 98 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Chicago Muni Airport, IL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fifty planes destroyed by fire in three hangars. Among destroyed was a passenger/mail Fairchild of Embry-Riddle in the Universal Airlines hangar.
Sources:
World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Th Indianapolis Times 25 June 1930, p2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Sep-2010 14:53 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2021 09:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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