ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34255
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 September 1928 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: | Fokker Super Universal |
| Owner/operator: | National Parks Airways |
| Registration: | NC7242 |
| MSN: | 809 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pocatello, ID -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Great Falls, MT |
| Pocatello, ID | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft suddenly "nosed in" from low approach altitude following turn into wind and impacted ground rolling over several times, resulting in a fire. Speculated a mechanical problem contributed to accident as NC7242 was observed a few miles north of Pocatello at 1130 AM circling a farmers field six times in a possible attempt to emergency land before heading south at low altitude toward Pocatello airport.
Sources:
Various historical newspaper arccounts found on the internet
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Bureau d' Archives des Accidents Aeronautiques
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2010 23:14 | thomas | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2011 05:25 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2014 05:47 | tmatt | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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