Incident Travel Air 5000 NC769,
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Date:Wednesday 30 January 1929
Time:18:15
Type:Travel Air 5000
Owner/operator:Curtiss Flying Service
Registration: NC769
MSN: 176A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Davenport, IA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Kansas City, MO
Destination airport:Moline, IL
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Lost control due to airframe icing in a severe snow stom after getting lost, pilot bailed out and landed safely.

Sources:

https://www.americanairmailsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/APJ_Volume_002_Issue_0020_No_08_December_1931.pdf

Revision history:

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