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Crash of an Atlantic-Fokker TA-2 in File: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Anacostia - Miami
Location:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Anacostia to Miami, the airplane was carrying 4 crew members who were flying to Nicaragua. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed in File, VA. Three crew members were killed, among them 1st Lt Horace Carleton Busbey and Maj Charles A. Lutz, while the fourth was injured.