| Date: | Sunday 10 July 1932 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 80A |
| Owner/operator: | Boeing Air Transport |
| Registration: | NC229M |
| MSN: | 1087 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sterling, IL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL |
| Oakland Municipal Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK) |
The Boeing 80 struck power lines during an attempted forced landing in a field. The airplane had encountered a squall line and electrical storm, forcing the pilot to land in a field.
The aircraft impacted terrain.
Sources:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jul 11, 1932
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