Accident Seversky P-35 36-423,
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Date:Saturday 10 September 1938
Time:21:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic p35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Seversky P-35
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)
Registration: 36-423
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Glencoe, Ontario, CAN -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Buffalo, NY
Destination airport:Selfridge Field, MI
Narrative:
On a ferry flight to bring a new Seversky plane from Washington, D.C., to Selfridge Field, Michigan, the aircraft struck a tree and crashed in a field near Glencoe, Ontario.

Sources:

https://aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/airforce/asp/AF_Monthly_1938.asp
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fLwtAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA18-PA14&lpg=RA18-PA14&dq=glencoe+ontario+aircraft+crash+september+9+1938&source=bl&ots=4jB7CmtIOx&sig=ACfU3U0bOPA1fi0vK4EwY_X7RgVBg28uMw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitp-Tw1uzyAhUFwKQKHYHAAYwQ6AF6BAgSEAM#v=onepage&q=glencoe%20ontario%20aircraft%20crash%20september%209%201938&f=false
"U.S. Army Plane Crashes; Pilot Dies as It Burns," Toronto Daily Star, 12 September 1938, page 5: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-daily-star-us-army-plane-cra/132861042/
Correspondence concerning accident from Ontario Airways Ltd in Glencoe, to American Airways Operations, Chicago, 11 September 1938 [in the American Airlines. Safety Office Collection (MS-013), Aviation Safety & Security Archives, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ]

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Sep-2021 10:44 Cobar Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source]
04-Oct-2023 06:47 ASASA Updated [[Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source]]

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