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| Date: | Saturday 6 March 1943 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Culver LFA |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | NC41600 |
| MSN: | 368 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heron Airport, Blythe, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Heron Airport, Blythe, CA |
Bounced on take off due to a soggy runway, continued take off pulled up and banked sharply to avoid telephone wires a wing hit the wires, lost control crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Opelika&f=false
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