Crash of a Cessna DC-6B in Brooklyn: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 12, 1933 at 0750 LT
Registration:
NC641K
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Curtiss Field - Curtiss Field
MSN:
220
YOM:
1929
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Curtiss Field in Valley Stream (NY) on a local joyride. While flying at low height, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that impacted trees then the roof of a house and crashed on Hegeman Avenue. The pilot was injured and all three passengers were killed.
