Accident Boeing F4B-4 A-8917,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182001
 
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Date:Saturday 11 May 1935
Time:
Type:Boeing F4B-4
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: A-8917
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:200 miles east of Hawaii -   Pacific Ocean
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS Saratoga
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed on manuevers from USS Saratoga -caught in airplane slipsteam while taking off and crashed in the Pacific.
No remains found of plane or of pilot Lt Matthias B. Wyatt.

Sources:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 13 May 1935, p1
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19350513&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/navy/asp/USN_1935.asp0

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Dec-2015 08:12 noman Added
05-Dec-2015 14:13 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
31-Mar-2017 17:28 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
05-Aug-2022 18:02 Cobar Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Phase, Departure airport, Source]
29-Aug-2022 17:33 Cobar Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative]
15-Jun-2023 03:27 Ron Averes Updated [[Location, Phase, Narrative]]
10-Apr-2024 18:21 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]

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