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Date: | Thursday 10 July 1947 |
Time: | 19:04 |
Type: | Republic RC-3 Seabee |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | NC6536K |
MSN: | 802 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, NY -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Northeast Airport, Philadelphia, PA |
Destination airport: | Dupont Field, Wilmington, DE |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Seaplane crashed while trying emergency landing in a city street out of fuel. Pilot (40) and a passenger died.
Sources:
Noticias de hoy 12 July 1947, p6/15 July 1947, p12 (photo)
Youngstown Vindicator 11 July 1947, p7
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Aug-2018 15:58 |
TB |
Added |
08-Aug-2018 16:24 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
07-Jul-2019 15:57 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
02-Aug-2020 12:12 |
A.J.Scholten |
Updated [Cn] |