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| Date: | Sunday 24 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild M-62A |
| Owner/operator: | Spartan School of Aeronautics |
| Registration: | NC29002 |
| MSN: | T40-361 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Broken Arrow, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Tulsa, OK |
Lost a wing in a dive and crashed out of control. The pilot bailed out safely the trainee was hit by a part of the wing and knocked unconscious falling to his death. The wing failed due to a faulty repair of the spar flange.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fF7btW2Vp3YC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Broken%20arrow&f=false
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