Date:	Saturday 24 January 1942
Time:	14:20
Type:	Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Owner/operator:	19th PSqn /18th PGp USAAF
Registration:	41-13297
MSN:	16073
Year of manufacture:	1941
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Koolau Range, Oahu, HI -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI), Wahiawa, Hawaii.
Destination airport:	Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI), Wahiawa, Hawaii.

Narrative:
On 24 January 1942 1st Lt Kenneth Wayne Sprankle of 6th PS /18th PG took off from Wheeler Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaai for a patrol. He was flying over Koolau Range, Oahu, when his P-40B 41-13297 spun in. The pilot apparently failed to recover from inverted spin aircraft and was killed when the fighter crashed into the range at about 14:20 hrs. The accident report indicates that the parachute was not used and that no failure of material or equipment was involved.

The aircraft (c/n 16073) survived Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 as it was in maintenance hangar undergoing repair. The wreck was recovered between 1985 and 1989 and restored by Curtiss Wright Historical Association, using parts from 39-285 and 39-287. It was then sold to The Fighter Collection, Duxford, England and registered as G-CDWH. It was delivered to Duxford on July 2007, painted in 1941 "Pearl Harbor" color scheme with code 284.

https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/41-13297.html
http://fighter-collection.com/cft/curtiss-p-40b-warhawk/
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40registry/p40-4113297.html
https://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2015/12/07/historic-aviation-in-focus-the-collings-foundations-curtiss-p-40b-warhawk-41-13297/
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=23711

1.http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=9111
2.http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1941_3.html
3.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1942.htm
4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%CA%BBolau_Range
5.http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=21.450000&lon=-157.900000&z=10&m=b

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

1 January 1970	41-13297	19th PSqn /18th PGp USAAF	0	Wheeler Field, Oahu, HI		sub
Gear-up landing
29 October 2014	N284CF	Collings Foundation	0	New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (KEVB), New Smyrna Beach, FL		sub
Runway excursion

Duxford Airfield (EGSU), Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - 15th September 2010

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Jan-2017 14:42	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2020 18:22	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
30-Mar-2020 18:53	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
10-Sep-2020 15:56	Peter Clarke	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Photo]
25-Jan-2021 21:58	Sicak	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Jun-2023 09:01	Ron Averes	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]