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| Date: | Sunday 21 March 1943 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Taylorcraft BC-65 |
| Owner/operator: | Thompson Flying Service |
| Registration: | NC23662 |
| MSN: | 1393 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Centreville, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Municipal Airport, Salt Lake City, UT |
Hit a tree at 15ft while pulling out of a dive, the wing hit power lines the plane crashing out of control. Was performing aerobatics over a friends house.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Gardendale&f=false
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