ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219729
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Date: | 15-JAN-1947 |
Time: | 19:35 |
Type: | Cessna T-50 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | NC.... |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 4 mi from Wake Forest, NC -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Savannah, GA |
Destination airport: | Washington, DC |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Twin-engined civil plane "Cessna type" emergency landing after running out of fuel in foggy weather, hit a tree crashed and exploded.
Sources:
Wilmington Morning Star 16 January 1947, p1.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1947-01-16/ed-1/seq-26/#date1=01%2F16%2F1947&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Sherwin+SHERWIN&proxdistance=5&date2=01%2F22%2F1947&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Sherwin&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Dec-2018 19:59 |
TB |
Added |
22-Feb-2021 21:37 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Feb-2021 09:37 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
03-Apr-2023 09:13 |
Cobar |
Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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