Mid-air collision Accident de Havilland DH-4B AS-63789, Thursday 7 December 1922
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Date:Thursday 7 December 1922
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic dh4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH-4B
Owner/operator:US Army Air Service
Registration: AS-63789
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Japacha Ridge, Cuymaca Mts, CA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Rockwell Field, Coronado, CA
Destination airport:Fort Yuma, AZ
Narrative:
Crashed into a mountain in fog and caught fire.

Sources:

#http://www.aviationarchaeology.com#
http://sandiegohistory.org/journal/v51-3/pdf/v51-3_crash.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jul-2022 17:03 Cobar Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2022 17:20 Cobar Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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