ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 106417
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| Date: | Sunday 7 November 1943 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-19A |
| Owner/operator: | 601st Ferry Sqn /5th Ferry Gp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-33807 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles southeast of Blanchard, Oklahoma -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cimarron Field, OK |
| Love Field, Dallas, TX | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The PT-19A was one of three flying in loose formation on a delivery flight from Cimarron Field to Love Field.
The weather at the time was overcast at about 1,500 feet, with the wind from 350 degrees at 35 mph, with "heavy gusts".
About 20 minutes after take off 42-33807 was seen to leave the formation and descend to a low height, making a "buzz" pass over a farmhouse.
The pilot then attempted to fly under power transmission lines and the vertical fin snagged a wire, shearing off the top of the fin and tearing the rudder away.
The plane lost height and crashed through a fence before coming to rest on its belly with the undercarriage ripped off, about two hundred yards from the power wires.
Witnesses to the crash were at the scene in a few moments and found the pilot dead in the cockpit.
The USAAF crash report states that the accident was caused by wilful negligence, and cited violation of flying regulations and unauthorised low flying.
Mary Elizabeth Trebing, Women Airforce Service Pilots.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
Report of USAAF accident investigation
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2011 04:24 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2011 23:59 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2011 17:47 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 14:16 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2014 08:46 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2018 05:28 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2019 18:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2020 07:46 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2020 16:27 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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