Date:	Sunday 17 March 1929
Time:
Type:	Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
Owner/operator:	Colonial Western Airlines
Registration:	NC7683
MSN:	4-AT-41
Year of manufacture:	1928
Engine model:	Wright J-5 Whirlwind
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Newark Airport, NJ (EWR) -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR)
Destination airport:	Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR)

Narrative:
The Ford Tri-Motor crashed shortly after takeoff from Newark Airport, New Jersey, following a double engine failure.
The aircraft failed to gain height and crashed into a freight car loaded with sand.

The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
The Rock Hill Herald - Mar 18, 1929

photo (c) John R. Ureste; Newark Airport, NJ (EWR); 17 March 1929

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