Fuel exhaustion Accident Aeronca K NC17481,
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Date:Sunday 21 July 1940
Time:
Type:Aeronca K
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: NC17481
MSN: K-2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Newport News, VA -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Newport News, VA
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Lost control after an engine failure due to fuel exhaustion and crashed.

Sources:

https://books.google.nl/books?id=6edGAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Newport%20nees&f=false

Revision history:

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