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| Date: | Wednesday 11 February 1948 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: | Douglas B-23 |
| Owner/operator: | Hughes Aircraft Co |
| Registration: | NC….. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Near East Meadow, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Miami, FL |
| Newark, NJ |
Emergency landing after running out of fuel on approach to Mitchel Field, NY, hit a telephone pole lost both wings, undercarriage and crashed. Diverted to Mitchel field because of fog in Newark.
Sources:
https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031113/1948-02-12/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=02%2F10%2F1948&index=4&date2=02%2F14%2F1948&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=crash+crashed+CRASHES+plane+PLANE&proxdistance=5&to_year=1948&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1948&proxtext=Plane+crash&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2023 10:30 | Cobar | Added |
| 10-May-2023 10:49 | Cobar | Updated |
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