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Date: | Monday 11 December 1933 |
Time: | 02:56 |
Type: | Northrop Alpha 4A |
Owner/operator: | Transcontinental & Western Air |
Registration: | NC127W |
MSN: | 2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Portage, PA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Pittsburgh, PA |
Destination airport: | Harrisburg, PA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Lost control due to airframe icing in a snowstorm and crashed, the pilot bailed out safely.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
http://airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N34.html https://www.americanairmailsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/APJ_Volume_005_Issue_0046_No_05_February_1934.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
27-Apr-2014 19:23 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
03-Aug-2020 15:10 |
Sergey L. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
08-Dec-2021 12:10 |
Cobar |
Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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