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| Date: | Tuesday 18 November 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vultee 118/Hall Flying Automobile |
| Owner/operator: | Consolidated Vultee Aircraft |
| Registration: | NX90850 |
| MSN: | 01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near San Diego, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
Experimental airplane-car combination ran out of fuel, crash-landed in the mud flats and destroying the car body and damaging the wing. Pilot Reuben P. Snodgrass (28) and mechanic Lawrence G. Phillips (32) slightly injured. Rebuilt to the second prototype. Later renamed Convair Model 118 ConVairCar.
Sources:
Press Democrat 19 November 1947, p10
La Nación (Santiago) 24 December 1947, p Segunda Seccion (accident photo)
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