ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145887
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 January 1937 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Stinson SM-6000-B |
| Owner/operator: | Nicaragua Atlantic Coast Airways (NACA) |
| Registration: | NC484Y |
| MSN: | 5020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bonanza -
 Nicaragua
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Managua (7:00) |
| Bonanza mines | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Disappeared in the jungle on cargo flight to the Bonanza mines about 80 km from the east coast. Pilot Earl Willet Kingsley Jr. (38). Typ reported as Stinson Trimotor. Airline owner Thomas Patrick Fitzgerald (two Fokker Super Universal in use). Wreckage found April 1948 on a mountain near the Bonanza mines.
Sources:
https://dmairfield.org/people/kingsley_wm/index.html
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N97.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2012 09:49 | TB | Added |
| 29-May-2012 10:08 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2012 11:09 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 01-Jun-2012 09:23 | TB | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2016 18:40 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport] |
| 17-Aug-2021 13:26 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 23-Oct-2021 19:26 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2021 19:27 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2021 19:36 | TB | Updated [Time, Source] |
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