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| Date: | Monday 2 August 1920 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss JN Jenny |
| Owner/operator: | Ormer Locklear |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | DeMille Field 2, Los Angeles, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | DeMille Field 2, Los Angeles, CA |
The plane crashed during the filming of a movie at night, after a climactic dive, when the lighting team supposedly failed to douse the lights on cue, Locklear was dazzled and flew blindly into the ground and the aircraft caught fire.
Sources:
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19200803.2.25&srpos=1&e=03-08-1920-08-08-1920--en--20--1--txt-txIN-Locklear-------1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2022 21:24 | Cobar | Added |
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