Accident de Havilland DH-4B AS-68673, Thursday 26 October 1922
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Date:Thursday 26 October 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-68673
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Beach near Carpinteria, CA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA
Destination airport:Oxnard, CA
Narrative:
Forced landing due to poor weather, hit a sand dune and crashed.

Sources:

#http://www.aviationarchaeology.com#
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MP19221028.2.13&e=01-01-1920-01-12-1924--en--20--81--txt-txIN-Plane+crash-------1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jul-2022 14:35 Cobar Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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