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| Date: | Monday 8 February 1943 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| Registration: | NC38400 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2.5 miles SE of VPI Airport, Blacksburg, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | VPI Airport, Blacksburg, VA |
Lost control at 1000ft after the control stick got stuck and crashed, the trainee bailed out safely the pilot bailed out at low altitude and was killed.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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