ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337156
Date: | Thursday 7 November 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | Budd RB-1 Conestoga |
Owner/operator: | National Skyway Freight Corp. |
Registration: | NC45353 |
MSN: | 011 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 11 km SW of San Rafael, NM -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Dayton Airport, OH (DAY/KDAY) |
Destination airport: | Los Angeles Municipal Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
Narrative:The aircraft was engaged in a cargo flight, flying a load of Newsweek Magazines from Dayton, Ohio to Los Angeles, California. After passing over the Acomita intermediate airway, the aircraft went into a steep dive. Attempting to pull up out of the dive, the pilot and co-pilot tried a belly landing. However it crashed on the rim of San Rafael Mesa, New Mexico, Pilot Sawyer and co-pilot Feemster did not survive the accident. Flight engineer Lewis was the sole survivor.
Sources:
A Story of the Budd RB-1 Conestoga / by Nancy Canavan Heslop Lieut Richard C Sawyer (findagrave.com) Location
Images:
photo (c) Jeffery Lyall; SW of San Rafael, NM; November 1946
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