Accident Ryan L-17B Navion N6720C,
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Date:Friday 11 July 1958
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic NAVI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Ryan L-17B Navion
Owner/operator:Presidio Army Flying Club
Registration: N6720C
MSN: NAV-4-1640
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Montezuma, Iowa -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Milwaukee, WI
Destination airport:Des Moines, IA
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Disappeared during a violent rain storm over the upper Mississippi Valley. Never found. Pilot Lester W. Weber (Sixth US Army Signal Section) and familly. Ex 48-934. Wreck discovered August 5 1958

Sources:

Sausalito News 9 August 1958, p6

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Mar-2021 09:42 TB Added
27-Mar-2021 15:53 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
27-Mar-2021 20:57 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Jun-2021 15:53 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country]
16-Jun-2021 15:53 harro Updated [Country]

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