Turner Field (Atlanta) | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

After takeoff from Turner Field, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances 8 km northeast of the airport. Two crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt John L. Mood,
2nd Lt Clark Espenship.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-10-BH Wichita at Turner Field

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita

Operator:

Registration:

41-9336

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

762

YOM:

1942

Location:

Turner Field (Atlanta)

Georgia

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

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Circumstances:

Crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. There were no fatalities.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-10-BH Wichita at Turner Field: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita

Operator:

Registration:

41-26325

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

1600

YOM:

1942

Location:

Turner Field (Atlanta)

Georgia

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

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Crashed on takeoff from Turner Field and destroyed. Two crew members were killed.
Crew:
Avc Mance D. Stark,
Avc Robert J. Swain.

Crash of a North American B-25D-5 Mitchell in Apalachicola: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943

Type of aircraft:

North American B-25 Mitchell

Operator:

Registration:

41-29986

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Turner Field - Tyndall

MSN:

87-8151

YOM:

1941

Location:

Apalachicola

Florida

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

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Circumstances:

While on a flight from Turner Field to Tyndall AFB, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Apalachicola Gunnery Camp. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas F. Brown,
F/O Edward A. Bagwell,
F/O Albert D. Braswell,
S/Sgt Francis M. Morin,
Sgt James L. Smith,
Cpl Gene D. Hofherr.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-10-BH Wichita at Turner Field: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita

Operator:

Registration:

41-26370

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Turner Field - Turner Field

MSN:

1645

YOM:

1942

Location:

Turner Field (Atlanta)

Georgia

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

Crew on board:

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Circumstances:

The crew was performing a local training flight at Turner Field, Atlanta. Shortly after liftoff, while climbing to a height of about 100 feet, the airplane stalled, entered a spin and crashed 30 metres to the left of the runway and some 800 metres from the takeoff point. The airplane was destroyed and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt James Israel Platt, pilot,
Sgt Manuel Perez, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Subsequent examination of the pilot’s control column and locking mechanism clearly indicated that the locking arm, which fastened the control column to the rudder bar, had not been completely unlocked and retracted so as to lie parallel to, and along the control column, but had been left in a horizontal (forward pointing) position which prevented the pilot from moving the control column forward of its neutral locked position. Deformation of the forward attaching end of this locking bar, and the attaching lugs on the rudder bar, clearly indicated that it was in contact with them at the time of the crash.