ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24747
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| Date: | Monday 17 July 1933 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: | Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | NR-688E |
| MSN: | 137 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Soldin (Pszczelnik), near Myślibórz -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Floyd Bennett Field, New York |
| Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The airplane was flown from the United States across the Atlantic Ocean by Lithuanian-American pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas in 1933. After successfully flying 6,411 km, it crashed, due to undetermined circumstances, 650 km from its final destination in Soldin, now Pszczelnik, near Myślibórz in Poland. The aircraft was dubbed "Lituanica" (Lithuania in Latin). Hit trees on attempted emergency landing at night in a thunderstorm.
Sources:
http://www.president.lt/en/press_center/press_releases/the_flight_of_lituanica_signifies_a_great_nation.html
Jenaer Volksblatt 18 July 1933/19 July 1933 (photo)
https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/07/17/poland-and-lithuania-mark-90th-anniversary-of-crash-that-ended-record-breaking-transatlantic-flight/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Sep-2013 12:59 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Feb-2020 16:47 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Feb-2020 16:55 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Feb-2020 17:05 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2023 08:32 | gerard57 | Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]] |
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