ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 114856
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Date: | Wednesday 21 September 1938 |
Time: | |
Type: | Northrop A-17A |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) |
Registration: | 36-349 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lockheed Airport, Burbank, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | March Field, CA |
Destination airport: | Lockheed Airport, Burbank, CA |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Stalled on approach. Killed were the pilot, Chief of the Air Corps, Major General Oscar M. Westover & his crew chief, S/Sgt Samuel Hymes. The plane crashed into a house at 1007 Scott Road in Burbank.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Westover El Orden 22 September 1938, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Jul-2013 01:40 |
bobm |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
19-Sep-2016 13:43 |
TB |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
07-Sep-2021 18:41 |
Cobar |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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