Accident Beechcraft B35 Bonanza N5051C,
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Date:Tuesday 7 February 1956
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft B35 Bonanza
Owner/operator:Southwestern Building Company
Registration: N5051C
MSN: D-2313
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Laguna Atascosa near Brownsville, TX -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Sam Houston Airport, TX (14:30)
Destination airport:Brownsville, TX
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Disappeared in Corpus Christi area. Pilot Joseph W. Shiver (40, electric Co). Search gave up. Wreckage discovered during search for another Bonanza at Laguna Atascosa 7 AUG 1956.

Sources:

Victoria Advocat 10 February 1956, p1/13 February 1956, p1/7 August 1956, p1
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth801736/m1/1/?q=Plane%20crash

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Feb-2021 17:49 TB Added
08-Feb-2021 17:57 TB Updated [Date, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Feb-2021 14:59 TB Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
18-Jan-2022 11:07 Cobar Updated [Location]
18-Jan-2022 11:07 Cobar Updated [Location]
15-Feb-2022 19:02 Cobar Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source]

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