- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 31, 1931 |
Time: | 1045 |
Location: | Bazaar, Kansas |
Operator: | Trans Continental and Western Air |
Flight #: | 599 |
Route: | Kansas City - Wichita - Los Angeles |
AC Type: | Fokker F10A Trimotor |
Registration: | NC-999 |
cn / ln: | 1063 |
Aboard: | 8 (passengers:6 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 8 (passengers:6 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Shortly after taking off from Kansas City, one of the aircraft's wing's separated in flight after penetrating a thunderstorm and experiencing strong turbulence and icing. The plane crashed into a wheat field. Wing-aileron flutter, brought about by moisture leaking into the wing's interior, weakening the glue that bonded the wooden spars. Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne, 43, killed. |
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