Incident Lockheed Vega 5B NC657E,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24835
 
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Date:Thursday 27 April 1933
Time:
Type:Lockheed Vega 5B
Owner/operator:Shell Aviation
Registration: NC657E
MSN: 54
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Boeing Field, WA -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Head-on collision with a Rasmussen & Meadows Air Service plane in front of administration building while both airplanes taxiing at hight speed. Both planes occupied of two occupants each. The passenger of the Vega was critical injured, when a wing slide through the cabin. Both planes reported as "washed-out".

Sources:

http://airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N23.html
The Spokesman-Review 28 April 1933, p1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
21-Jun-2020 17:44 Sergey L. Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative]
20-Mar-2021 21:23 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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