Accident Curtiss F8C-4 Helldiver A-8421,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281917
 
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Date:Sunday 18 December 1932
Time:
Type:Curtiss F8C-4 Helldiver
Owner/operator:US Marine Corps
Registration: A-8421
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Long Beach NRAB, CA
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Lost control after an engine failure at 3000ft and crashed. The pilot bailed out safely.

Sources:

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DNLA19321219.1.2&srpos=4&e=16-12-1932-22-12-1932--en--20--1--txt-txIN-Abbott-------

Revision history:

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