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Date: | Monday 25 July 1949 |
Time: | 17:00 |
Type: | Cessna 195 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | NC4313N |
MSN: | 7097 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Stockton, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Orange Airport, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Pilot (23) committed suicid. Buzzing over the town for a hour and than crashed in a power dive from 2000ft into the cementary burried his wife four month before.
Sources:
Evening Star 26 July 1949, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Feb-2021 15:06 |
TB |
Added |
09-Jan-2022 13:50 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase] |
14-Jun-2023 09:49 |
Cobar |
Updated |