ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63273
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| Date: | Friday 16 September 1949 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  North American L-17A Navion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
| Registration: | 47-1306 |
| MSN: | NAV-4-931 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 mi E of Matfield Green, KS -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wichita, KS |
| Marshall Army Air Field, Ft Riley, KS |
Crashed on training flight. Found two days later. "The wreckage was strewn over an area of 150 yards and the bodies thrown clear".
Sources:
http://www.armyaircrews.com/fixed.html
Lewiston Morning Tribune 19 September 1949, p1
http://accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4909.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 31-Jul-2014 20:28 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2021 07:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Mar-2021 15:57 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2021 18:52 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 29-Mar-2021 07:42 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
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