Crash of a Stearman C-3MB in Cove: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Stearman C-3
Operator:
Registration:
NC1682
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Boise – Pasco
MSN:
102
YOM:
1928
Location:
Cove
Oregon
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Harold Buckner was performing a mail flight from Boise to Pasco. While cruising by night, he encountered low visibility due to foggy conditions when the aircraft impacted a hill near Cove. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Crash of a Stearman C-3MB in Holbrook: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Stearman C-3
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wichita - Boise
Location:
Holbrook
Idaho
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Frederic Hoyt (test pilot by the manufacturer Stearman) was completing a test flight from Wichita to Boise. While overflying Idaho, he encountered poor weather conditions with a snowstorm. After he lost his orientation, he decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field while the pilot landed in a snow covered field some 6 miles from the wreckage. He was found few hours later, frozen to death.
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