Accident Bellanca TES NC855E,
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Date:Tuesday 26 May 1931
Time:
Type:Bellanca TES
Owner/operator:The Chicago Daily News
Registration: NC855E
MSN: 118
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:DuPage County, IL -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The Bellanca TES (Tandem Experimental Sesquiplane) was a push-pull sesquiplane aircraft designed in 1929 for the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokyo.
It crashed when the rear propeller driveshaft broke due to vibration and all four on board lost their lives.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanca_TES
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137007724/shirley-j_-short

Media:

Bellanca : TES : Blue Streak

Revision history:

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16-Aug-2023 06:36 harro Added

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