ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59956
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 August 1927 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Goddard Special |
| Owner/operator: | Norman A. Goddard |
| Registration: | NX5074 |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Oakland Airport, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oakland |
| Honolulu | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Goddard Special was an all-metal monoplane built by its pilot Norman Goddard.
Named 'El Encanto', it was favoured to win the Dole Race ( or Dole Derby as it was also known ) and was the second plane to take off at the start of the race on 16/8/27.
Piloted by Norman Goddard with Kenneth C. Hawkins as co-pilot/navigator, El Encanto went out of control on take off and crashed, running off the side of the take-off strip without becoming airborne. It suffered serious damage to its left wing and undercarriage, though neither occupant seems to have been injured.
The Goddard Special was out of the race.
Norman A. Goddard was killed in a glider crash at Oakland in 1929.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole_Air_Race
https://calisphere.org/item/08056fd0a175fbef4d44f69f802145c6/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2009 15:51 | angels one five | Added |
| 11-May-2009 23:02 | angels one five | Updated |
| 10-Oct-2010 18:44 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 01:16 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2021 16:30 | Cobar | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2022 21:20 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 14-Jul-2023 17:12 | Cobar | Updated [[Registration, Cn]] |
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