Crash of a Fairchild 71 in Amston: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 10, 1930 at 1010 LT
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Farmingdale - Farmingdale
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Farmingdale-Republic Airport in the morning on a local test flight. While flying at low height in a visibility reduced by foggy conditions, the airplane impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located near Amston. The wreckage was found five days later. Both occupants Daniel Marra and William Kirkpatrick were killed.
