Waco UIC

Private American

After completing touch-and-go, the pilot increased engine power and elected to takeoff. While climbing, the airplane stalled and crashed, killing all four occupants.

Northland Districts Aero Club

The airplane was engaged in a local sightseeing flight over the region of Whangarei, carrying one pilot, two adults, a mother and her one year-old baby. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the engine failed. The pilot made a turn to the left, reduced his altitude and decided to return to the airport. He elected several times to restart the engine but without success. Eventually, he was forced to ditch the aircraft that crashed into the Whangarei harbor. The pilot evacuated the cabin and was able to assist both adults and the baby but unfortunately, the woman was trapped and could not be saved. The aircraft was lost.

Nordiska Aero Transport

The aircraft was performing a regional flight on behalf of the Swedish Navy, with one pilot and three Swedish Officers on board. While flying along the east coast of Sweden, the aircraft was mistakenly shot down by an Swedish anti-aircraft battery and crashed on the Häradskär Island, east of Valdemarsvik. All four occupants were killed.

Private Dutch

Aircraft left Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1415LT on a flight to Rotterdam with two passengers and a crew of two on board. Thirty minutes after take off, while cruising at an altitude of 300 metres, the aircraft banked left, stalled and crashed in a swampy area located in Mont-l'Evêque, east of Senlis. All four occupants were killed. Crew was repatriating the aircraft to The Netherlands as his owner, Mr. M. A. G. van der Leeuw, died in another Waco crash near Rotterdam last 3rd of December 1936. Crew: Joachim Tissot, pilot, Albertus Sommer, pilot. Passengers: Adriamis Hoertens Jacob Maltha.

Private American

The aircraft was owned by Dean Faulkner. An Armistice Day Air Pageant was held at Pontotoc Airfield, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, on November 10 & 11, 1935. Air pageant organizer and pilot Dean Faulkner offered 1$ rides in his bright-red four-seat Waco UIC cabin biplane. On November 10, at 1330LT, he took up three of his cousins (Henry Graham, Lamon ‘Red’ Graham and Bud Warren) to fly over the Graham family farm. The Graham farm was located at 940 Benjamin Road, Thaxton, Pontotoc County, about 10 miles northwest of Pontotoc Airfield, about 4 miles north of Thaxton. The aircraft crashed within the boundaries of the Graham farm, killing the four occupants instantly. Reportedly the flip-over controls were found on the side of Lamon ‘Red’ Graham, who was a student pilot.

Pacific Airmotive Corporation

The single engine airplane departed Hollywood-Burbank Airport at 0630LT on a local flight. About an hour and a half into the flight, the pilot encountered limited visibility due to fog and did not realize he was flying at an insufficient altitude. At full speed, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located 6 miles south of Newhall. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all four occupants were killed, among them W. E. 'Tommy' Thomas, owner of the Pacific Airmotive Corporation. Crew: W. E. 'Tommy' Thomas, pilot. Passengers: Roy W. Kidd, F. M. Matthews, Dorothy Benham.

K. de Geus van den Heuvel

Shortly after take off, while climbing, the pilot encountered engine problems and elected to return. On final, the airplane stalled and crashed 500 metres from the terrain, coming to rest upside down. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It departed Soesterberg on a flight to Twenthe (Enschede).