ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195941
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| Date: | Friday 29 November 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Piper J-4 Cub Coupe |
| Owner/operator: | Medford Flying Club |
| Registration: | NC27818 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tiller, Oregon -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Medford Municipal Airport, OR |
| Swan Island Municipal Airport,Portland, OR |
Aircraft departed Medford Municipal Airport at approx. 2:00 pm local in foggy conditions enroute to Swan Island Municipal Airport near Portland. Search was initiated 3 days later when the aircraft did not return. Witnesses reported hearing a small plane in the fog in the Rogue River area flying back and forth between Tiller and Trail, near the east-west radio beam from Medford. Extensive aerial and ground search was unsuccessful. Wreckage was discovered by a hunter 8 years later on 20-OCT-1948 in steep wooded terrain near Tiller, OR region, 20 miles west of Diamond Lake near the South Fork of the Umpqua River (Douglas County). Aircraft most likely turned onto the wrong radio beam while in dense fog, heading east toward high terrain instead of north toward Portland.
Sources:
Roseburg News-Review, December 3, 1940, p.1, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/93292408/
Medford Mail Tribune, October 20, 1948, p.1, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/97341577/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2017 14:59 | Anon. | Added |
| 08-Jun-2017 19:35 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 11-Jun-2017 07:25 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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