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| Date: | Saturday 20 December 1947 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Stinson 108 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | NC.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 mls SE of Terre Haute-Hulman Field, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kansas City, MO |
| Terre Haute-Hulman Field, IN | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Wing hit a hill and crashed in a farm field near the airport after getting lost in fog and running out of fuel.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 21 December 1947, p28
https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19471220.1.1&srpos=2&e=------194-en-20--1--txt-txIN-terre+haute+plane+crash------
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