How do I find an old accident report?

[George]

My uncle was killed in aircraft accident in WWII, 1940 something. Is it
possible to get the accident report on the crash? I know very little about the
crash. He was flying out of Denver for a feeder airline. He was not flying he
was the stew. He was a pilot working his was up. They crash into the Rockies.
The account I heard was the bean went askew and directed them in to the
mountain.

I don't know if it is possible to get accident report that old. If it is what
information do I need?

George

[John Huthmaker]

I just took a few classes on the history of aviation. I think that this is
before the FAA existed. I don't think you could find anything, but I could
be wrong.

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"George" > wrote in message
...
> My uncle was killed in aircraft accident in WWII, 1940 something. Is it
> possible to get the accident report on the crash? I know very little
> about the
> crash. He was flying out of Denver for a feeder airline. He was not
> flying he
> was the stew. He was a pilot working his was up. They crash into the
> Rockies.
> The account I heard was the bean went askew and directed them in to the
> mountain.
>
> I don't know if it is possible to get accident report that old. If it is
> what
> information do I need?
>
> George

[John Gaquin]

"George" > wrote in message

> My uncle was killed in aircraft accident in WWII, 1940 something.
>
> I don't know if it is possible to get accident report that old. If it is
> what
> information do I need?

I think 1940 would be old Department of Commerce stuff. If such records
still exist, they'd likely be archived somewhere. I'd start by calling the
FAA, and be prepared for a long and winding road.

[John Gaquin]

"George" > wrote in message

You might also start a parallel search in the Denver newspapers of the time
to acquire more definitive data.

[George]

You gave me an idea, I'll Google on his name and see what turns up/

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:02:42 -0500, "John Gaquin" >
wrote:

>
>"George" > wrote in message
>
>You might also start a parallel search in the Denver newspapers of the time
>to acquire more definitive data.
>
George

If you request flight following, can you "slip the surly bonds of earth"?

[Jim Macklin]

Search the NTSB and FAA web sites, they became the holder of
old accident data.

The beam or Adcock Range was a four course range on low
frequency radio. The pilot had to follow detailed procedures
to locate their position and the range was flown by listen
to a continuous Morse code tone of A .- and N -. There were
some visual display indicators, but the tone signs were the
most common method.
The radio frequencies used were subject to many errors in
alignment, static and even being jammed.

http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_stpj.htm

http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/182182-1.html


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"George" > wrote in message
...
| You gave me an idea, I'll Google on his name and see what
turns up/
|
| On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:02:42 -0500, "John Gaquin"
>
| wrote:
|
| >
| >"George" > wrote in message
| >
| >You might also start a parallel search in the Denver
newspapers of the time
| >to acquire more definitive data.
| >
| George
|
| If you request flight following, can you "slip the surly
bonds of earth"?

[George]

NTSB dadabase only go back to 1962

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:35:14 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
> wrote:

>Search the NTSB and FAA web sites, they became the holder of
>old accident data.
George

If you request flight following, can you "slip the surly bonds of earth"?

[Jim Macklin]

But there are prior reports from CAA and such, try
www.firstgov.gov
Library of Congress, ask your Congressman, it is something
they do do, call the Colorado Historical Society.


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"George" > wrote in message
...
| NTSB dadabase only go back to 1962
|
| On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:35:14 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
| > wrote:
|
| >Search the NTSB and FAA web sites, they became the holder
of
| >old accident data.
| George
|
| If you request flight following, can you "slip the surly
bonds of earth"?

[Doug]

Military crashes are not part of the FAA responsibility. I suggest you
call your congressman's office. They have a researcher that should be
able to tell you where to search the military records.

[George]

He was not military. He was part of the flight crew on a small airline.

On 20 Dec 2005 09:04:23 -0800, "Doug" > wrote:

>Military crashes are not part of the FAA responsibility. I suggest you
>call your congressman's office. They have a researcher that should be
>able to tell you where to search the military records.
George

If you request flight following, can you "slip the surly bonds of earth"?

[Cub Driver]

You might start by narrowing down the year! (Note that the U.S. was
not actively engaged in the war in 1940.) Then check the microform
files of the Denver Post, which ought to be available in Colorado
research libraries, the Library of Congress, and perhaps others.


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[James Robinson]

George > wrote:

> My uncle was killed in aircraft accident in WWII, 1940 something. Is
> it possible to get the accident report on the crash? I know very
> little about the crash. He was flying out of Denver for a feeder
> airline. He was not flying he was the stew. He was a pilot working his
> was up. They crash into the Rockies. The account I heard was the bean
> went askew and directed them in to the mountain.
>
> I don't know if it is possible to get accident report that old. If it
> is what information do I need?

Historic accident reports are here:

http://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/

It is perhaps the United Airlines accident in November, 1940, near Salt
Lake City, where the navigation system had been acting up, and the aircraft
flew into a mountain?

[JJS]

snip

> Historic accident reports are here:
>
> http://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/
>

Crap. Thanks alot. As if I don't waste enough time at the puter, now.



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This thread is close to a subject I've been looking for. Is it
possible to find historical accidents from Canada on the Web? Not GA
accidents but actually a Canadian military accident. Around Spring
1983, a fighter impacted a peak on Vancouver Island (IIRC) in IMC.
I was up there and read the newspaper account but didn't keep the info.
I've tried off and on but no luck. Any ideas?
Justaguy