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| Date: | Friday 7 May 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-33 (DC-2) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Corps - USAAC |
| Registration: | 36-81 |
| MSN: | 1514 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1936 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Clay Springs, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Diego (unknown airport), CA |
| Amarillo AAF, TX (AMA/KAMA) |
The aircraft force landed in the treetops on a rocky hillside near Clay Springs, AZ following a loss of engine power. A fire erupted after the four crew members had left the plane.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Prescott Evening Courier 8 May 1937, p1
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