ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 247981
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1961 |
Time: | c. 14:15 |
Type: | Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N163E |
MSN: | 1015 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 6 mi W of New Castle, VA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Riley Caldwell farm |
Destination airport: | North Carolina |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed while trying to take-off from a farm clearing and burst into flames. Pilot Jacob Henry Cunningham, Jr, Cunningham Brick Co, Lexington, NC, his wife and William R. Boothe and wife. The pilot said to the farmer he landed here (about noon) because he was "out of oxygen".
Sources:
Herald-Journal 31 August 1961, p2
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Feb-2021 10:56 |
TB |
Added |
19-Feb-2021 15:38 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation