Box 2
Container
Contains 53 Results:
Accident reports, 1935-1937
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Contents
Report for September 28, 1936. A Lockheed Model 5C Vega (NC-176W) used by Varney Air Transport crashed during a ferrying flight near Rattlesnake Buttes, Colorado. The pilot, Carroll H. Chidlaw, and the two passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. Elkins, were all killed.Report for November 16, 1935. A Stinson (Aircraft) Model A Tri-Motor (NC-15107) operated by Central Airlines crashed at the Allegheny Airport in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The pilot was James A. Carmichael, the copilot was...
Dates:
1935-1937
Accident reports, 1936-1937
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Contents
Report for August 10, 1937. A Douglas DC-2 (NC-13739) operated by Eastern Air Lines crashed near Daytona Beach, Florida while on a scheduled mail and passenger flight from Chicago, Illinois to Miami, Florida (with stops in Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Daytona Beach). The pilot, Stuart G, Dietz, his copilot, and 2 passengers were killed, while the steward and 4 passengers sustained injuries.Report for December 23, 1936. A Lockheed...
Dates:
1936-1937
Accident reports, 1938-1939
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Contents
Civil Aeronautics Authority memo on additional recommendations for flight safety. March 22, 1939.Civil Aeronautics Authority memo on additional recommendations for flight safety. March 18, 1939.Report for January 13, 1939. A Lockheed Model 14-H Super Electra (NC-17389) operated by Northwest Airlines crashed near Miles City, Montana while on a scheduled mail and passenger flight from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington (the original route was Chicago,...
Dates:
1938-1939
Accident reports, 1938-1941
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Contents
Report February 18, 1939. A Douglas DC-3A (NC-16066) operated by United Air Lines crashed in the sea off Point Reyes, California while on a scheduled mail and passenger flight from Seattle, Washington to San Diego, California (with stops). The pilot, Charles B. Stead, and 1 passenger were pulled from the ocean alive, while the corpses of the copilot and 1 passenger were recovered and the stewardess and 2 other passengers were never found.Packet with a bulletin and twenty-seven...
Dates:
1938-1941
Accident reports, 1939-1940
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Contents
Report for September 24, 1939. A Piper J-3F Cub (NC-23238) and Aeronca 50 Chief (NC-70063) crashed while racing during an air show at Wilmington, North Carolina. The pilot of the Aeronca, George Casey Harrell, died. The Piper's pilot, Roy Stevens Cavanaugh, escaped with minor injuries.Report for May 24, 1940. A Stinson (Aircraft) SR Reliant (NC-13498) piloted by Norris William Johnson crashed near Fairbanks, Alaska while on a flight from Chicken, Alaska to Fairbanks. Johnson was...
Dates:
1939-1940
Accident reports, 1940
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Contents
Bulletin from the Civil Aeronautics Board with ten (10) reports of minor incidents attached. Dated October 19, 1940.Twenty-two (22) reports of minor incidents from the Civil Aeronautics Board. Dated October 7, 1940.Twenty-four (24) reports of minor incidents from the Civil Aeronautics Board. Dated June 29, 1940.Seven (7) reports of minor incidents from the Civil Aeronautics Board. Dated September 5, 1940.Report for August 30, 1940. A Douglas...
Dates:
1940
Accident reports, 1940-1941
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Contents
Report for December 4, 1940. A Douglas DC-3A (NC-25678) operated by United Air Lines crashed near Chicago, Illinois while on a scheduled passenger and mail flight from LaGuardia Field, New York to Chicago, Illinois (with stops in Philadelphia and Allentown, Pennsylvania and Akron and Cleveland, Ohio). The pilot Philip Cramer Scott, his copilot and stewardess, and 7 of the 13 passengers were killed.Report for March 10, 1941. A Douglas DC-3B (NC-15592) operated by American Airlines...
Dates:
1940-1941
Accident reports , March-July 1937
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Contents
Report for May 16, 1938. A Lockheed Model 14-H Super Electra (NC-17394) owned by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation crashed near Saugus, California while on non-scheduled flight carrying baggage and non-paying customers. The plane was traveling from Burbank, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, where it was due to be handed over to Northwest Airlines. The pilot was Sidney L. Willey, and the crash resulted in the death of Willey, his copilot, and all 6 passengers. Report for July 8,...
Dates:
March-July 1937
Accident reports, April 1940
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Contents
Seventy-one (71) reports of minor incidents from the Air Safety Board in Washington, D.C. Dated June 29, 1940.Report for April 27, 1940. A Sikorsky S-38 Amphibion (NC-79) owned by the Civil Aeronautics Authority crashed into the Long Island Sound off of Port Washington, New York while on a flight test for a 4-M pilot rating. The pilot undertaking the test, Eric E. Radke, his copilot and 1 passenger were all killed.Report for April 16, 1940. A Stinson (Aircraft) UC-81K...
Dates:
April 1940
Accident reports, October- November 1940
File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Contents
Packet with bulletin and four (4) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated November 16, 1940.One (1) minor incident report from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated October 26, 1940.Packet with bulletin and ten (10) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated November 9, 1940.Packet with bulletin and nine (9) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics...
Dates:
October- November 1940