| Date: | Saturday 12 May 1928 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: |  Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor |
| Owner/operator: | Ford Air Freight Lines |
| Registration: | NC1492 |
| MSN: | 4-AT-01 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1926 |
| Engine model: | Wright J-4 Junior |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dearborn, MI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dearborn-Ford Airport, MI |
| Buffalo Airport, NY |
The former Tri-Motor prototype crashed on takeoff and caught fire.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
The Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal - May 13, 1928
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