Accident Bellanca J NC5315,
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Date:Saturday 18 May 1935
Time:13:00
Type:Bellanca J
Owner/operator:Stanley F Hausner
Registration: NC5315
MSN: 106
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Detroit, MI -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Detroit, MI
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
On the occasion of the celebrations related to the death of Józef Piłsudski, Polish transatlantic flyer Hausner was asked by the committee organizing the funeral mass on May 18 in Detroit to perform aerobatics over the church.
The aircraft lost control after the left wing broke off, crashing into the yard of a house and catching fire.

Sources:

El Litoral 18 May 1935, p1
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/97750439/
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Hausner

Images:


National Digital Archives

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Mar-2017 18:10 TB Added
25-Jun-2021 18:37 Cobar Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Jul-2021 19:50 harro Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo]

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