Date:	Tuesday 10 April 1934
Time:
Type:	Sikorsky S-38BH
Owner/operator:	China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)
Registration:	NC17V
MSN:	414-8
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hangzhou Bay -   China
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Shanghai
Destination airport:	Canton
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Encountered foul weather and dense fog over Hungchow Bay about 75 miles south of Shanghai.
had already returned once to Shanghai due to this after 1 hour delar reattempted flight, crackling radio transmission relayed two distinct words "turning back" ....the last two words heard from the pilot. 10 days later wreckage discovered. 4 months later only the pilot was discovered, badly decomposed crushed scull and dislocated jaw. Unidentifiable as 3 of the 4 passengers were in airline uniform the other a Japanese businessman. Pilot wings were discovered on reverse with name R.H.Gast ingraved.

Newspaper clippings and wire services reports from China. Pan-Am records -operator of CNAC
and excerpts from 19 page article by R.D. Schooling "Louisville's Aviator Extraordinaire"
El Litoral 11 April 1934, p1/17 April 1934, p1

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
24-Aug-2010 14:29	Ron	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
21-May-2017 19:22	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative]
21-May-2017 19:42	TB	Updated [Source]
24-Nov-2018 09:20	TB	Updated [Operator]