AIR
MAIL SERVICE
REPORT OF FORCED LANDING
Ship No. 385
Pilot
user's name
Date (of forced landing) October 15, 1923
Hour 3
Minute 18 P.M.
LOCATION OF FORCED LANDING
State Nebraska
County Cheyenne
Post Office (nearest) Sidney
R.R. Station (nearest) Sidney
Owner (of the landing site)
Sonny Wyatt
Damage to property (what and how severe)
ruined portion of winter wheat
crop
Cause of landing (describe) engine
failure
Damage to ship (describe) wash-out/
engine problem/ left, lower wing and damage to front
left of fuselage
How repaired (Were repairs performed at landing site?
If yes, how and by whom?) Not
able to repair
How gotten away (By what means was the mail removed
from landing site? How was the airplane removed from
the site, if not flown out?)
Took mail and self to Sidney, Nebraska
in farmer's wagon . Put mail on train to Cheyenne.
Mechanics will haul the airplane away.
Date (mail removed from site) October
15, 1923 Hour 3
Minute 22
P.M.
EXPENDITURES
Cost of oil No information
Cost of gas No
information
Cost of watchman (to secure airplane, if left at the
landing site) a penny per
hour
Cost of repairs No information
available
Miscellaneous
Pilot's Signature user's
name
(For further details use the back of this sheet).
FORM 2344
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