Accident Fokker C-5 (F.10A) 29-405,
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Date:Friday 20 December 1929
Time:
Type:Fokker C-5 (F.10A)
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)
Registration: 29-405
MSN: 1023
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bolling Field, Washington, DC -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bolling Field, Washington, DC
Destination airport:Springfield MA
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed from 90 meters shortly after take-off. Senator William Kaynor killed.

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
El Tiempo 21 December 1929, p4
https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=K000024

Images:


Photo: Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Photographs

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Dec-2013 19:12 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
22-Dec-2013 19:13 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
22-Dec-2013 19:15 TB Updated [Cn]
27-Jun-2020 07:30 TB Updated [Phase, Narrative]
18-Dec-2020 20:02 harro Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo]
26-Mar-2021 09:23 Cobar Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]

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