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Crash of a Spartan 7W Executive in Tetlin River

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC17602
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
7
YOM:
1937
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Belly landed near the Tetlin River while performing a survey flight. No casualties. The wreckage was recovered and preserved at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum at Anchorage-Lake Hood.

Crash of a Spartan 7W Executive near Harrisburg

Date & Time: Mar 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC17663
Flight Phase:
Site:
MSN:
7W-29
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane impacted the slope of a mountain an crashed near Harrisburg. Occupant's fate unknown.

Crash of a Spartan 7W Executive in Vilajuïga: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
EC-AGM
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Vilajuïga – Bordeaux
MSN:
7W-4
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Takeoff from Vilajuïga was initiated in poor visibility when the aircraft collided with a petrol tanker parked near the end of the runway and crashed, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed while the passenger was seriously injured.
Crew:
Cpt Juan Quintana y Ladron, pilot,
Francisco Santos Roda, flight engineer.
Passenger:
Lucio Gonzalez y Arnold.