Crash of a Lockheed 2 Vega in Toledo: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
NC857E
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Chicago – Toledo
MSN:
64
YOM:
1929
Location:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On final approach to Toledo Airport, the single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances 1,500 metres short of runway. The passenger Thomas F. White was seriously injured and both pilots Michael M. Rubner, President of the Company, and C. F. Kokus were killed.