- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 17, 1929
Time: 1700
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Operator: Colonial Western Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: Sightseeing
AC Type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri Motor
Registration: NC7683
cn / ln: 4-AT-41
Aboard: 15   (passengers:13  crew:2)
Fatalities: 14   (passengers:13  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane was making the last of a number of sightseeing flights when two of it's three engines failed. The plane stalled and went out of control at an altitude of 200 ft. and crashed into a railroad freight car. Engine failure followed by a stall during an emergency landing attempt.
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