ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59632
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| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1925 |
| Time: | early |
| Type: | USS Shenandoah |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | ZR-1 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 43 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noble County, near Caldwell, Ohio -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey |
| St Louis, Missouri | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The 680-feet (207 metre) long Zeppelin-type, rigid hull, fleet reconnaissance airship USS Shenandoah had departed her base at Naval Air Station Lakehurst on 2 Sept., 1925, on a promotional flight to the Mid-West.
Early in the morning of the following day, while flying over Ohio, the airship encountered an area of thunderstorms and severe turbulence.
Shenandoah was torn apart and crashed in several pieces.
The airship's commander, Lt-Commander Zachary Landsdown and 13 others died in the crash.
29 persons survived, mainly those in the bow section which separated from the rest of the hull and was able to be operated as a free balloon by the senior officer there, Lt-Commander Charles E. Rosendahl who brought it down safely .
Lt-Commander Landsdown was reported to have appealed to his superiors to cancel the trip, knowing the weather that could be encountered on the proposed route at that time of year.
However, he was only able to obtain a postponement.
Sources:
Various.
https://www.gao.gov/products/419644
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2009 01:18 | angels one five | Added |
| 28-Apr-2009 12:19 | angels one five | Updated |
| 02-Jun-2013 03:11 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2014 19:14 | dcarozza | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Mar-2022 06:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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