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Date: | Tuesday 25 October 1949 |
Time: | 18:30 |
Type: | Beechcraft D18S |
Owner/operator: | American Totalisator Company |
Registration: | N80026 |
MSN: | A-86 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Port Deposit, MD -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | New York La Guardia, NY |
Destination airport: | Baltimore, MD |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Twin-engined airplane crashed in a wooded hill in darkness and light rain. Pilot, co-pilot, Millionaire Harry L. Straus (53) and a second passenger.
Sources:
Toledo Blade 26 October 1949, p1
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=80026 Revision history:
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14-Aug-2018 17:22 |
TB |
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09-Jan-2022 15:08 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
21-Jun-2023 11:44 |
Cobar |
Updated |