ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342523
| Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1929 |
| Time: | 11:01 |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor |
| Owner/operator: | Transcontinental Air Transport - TAT |
| Registration: | NC9649 |
| MSN: | 5-AT-020 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1929 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 42 km S of Gallup, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Albuquerque International Airport, NM (ABQ/KABQ) |
| Los Angeles (unknown airport), CA |
The Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor, named "City of San Francisco", struck Mount Taylor during flight in a thunderstorm.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sep 5, 1929
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