ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 109029
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| Date: | Saturday 11 February 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Lockheed XP-38 Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) |
| Registration: | 37-457 |
| MSN: | 022-2201 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cold Stream Golf Course, Hempstead, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wright Field, OH |
| Mitchel Field, NY | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Forced landing due to carburetor icing and crashed. Was on a record breaking cross country flight.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://www.nytimes.com/1939/02/12/archives/secret-army-plane-wrecked-as-it-ends-nearrecord-hop-wrecked-army.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2016 13:39 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn] |
| 11-Sep-2021 17:45 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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