ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 343562
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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
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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:
Revision history:
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