Crash of a Howard UC-70 Nightingale in Shreveport

Date & Time: Feb 9, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Howard DGA-15
Operator:
Registration:
42-88615
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
537
Location:
Shreveport
Louisiana
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing and damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a Howard UC-70B in Union

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Howard DGA-15
Operator:
Registration:
42-68338
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
543
Location:
Union
Connecticut
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing in Union. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and there were no casualties.

Crash of a Howard DGA-15 in Haase: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Howard DGA-15
Operator:
Registration:
LV-AGA
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Buenos Aires – Gancedo
Location:
Haase
Santiago del Estero
Country:
Argentina
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Buenos Aires on a flight to Gancedo, carrying four passengers and one pilot. Approaching Gancedo from the north at dusk, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane hit a tree and crashed in Haase. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed.
Crew:
Vicente Cañas, pilot. †
Passengers:
Luis Mariano Zuberbuhler, †
Margot Carret Zuberbuhler, †
G. Corregioia, †
Santiago Sanchez Elías.
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