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Crash of a Fairchild FC-2W2 in Chattanooga: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Fairchild FC-2
Operator:
Interstate Airlines
Registration:
NC9711
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Chattanooga – Atlanta
MSN:
534
YOM:
1929
Location:
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Chattanooga Airport, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed onto a house near the airport. A passenger was seriously injured while all four other occupants were killed. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The aircraft and the house were destroyed.

Crash of an Aeromarine 40L off Tiptonville: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1921
Type of aircraft:
Aeromarine 40
Operator:
Spanish River Pulp & Paper Mills
Registration:
G-CABM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
AB.13
YOM:
1920
Location:
Tiptonville
Tennessee
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The seaplane caught fire in-flight and crashed in the Mississippi River off Tiptonville. Both occupants were killed.
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