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| Date: | Tuesday 24 September 1935 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: | Boeing F4B-2 |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | A-8803 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola NAS, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pensacola NAS, FL |
Caught fire at 3600ft while in a dive, lost control and crashed.the pilot bailed out but was killed when the parachute failed to deploy.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063811/1935-09-25/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F24%2F1935&sort=date&date2=09%2F28%2F1935&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=9&words=crash+crashed+Plane+plane&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Plane+crash&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2022 10:34 | Cobar | Added |
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