Accident Boeing F4B-2 A-8803,
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Date:Tuesday 24 September 1935
Time:12:00
Type:Boeing F4B-2
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: A-8803
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola NAS, FL -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Pensacola NAS, FL
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Caught fire at 3600ft while in a dive, lost control and crashed.the pilot bailed out but was killed when the parachute failed to deploy.

Sources:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063811/1935-09-25/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F24%2F1935&sort=date&date2=09%2F28%2F1935&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=9&words=crash+crashed+Plane+plane&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Plane+crash&dateFilterType=range&page=1

Revision history:

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