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On March 31, 1931, a Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashed a few miles southwest of Bazaar, killing all on board, including University of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne. There is a monument located on private property at 38°14′09″N 96°35′12″W / 38.23583°N 96.58667°W / 38.23583; -96.58667 , and yearly tours ...
The Transcontinental and Western Air flight was a Fokker F.10 Trimotor en route from Kansas City to Los Angeles on March 31, 1931. [2] On the first leg of the flight to Wichita, the airplane crashed into an open field [note 2] a few miles southwest of Bazaar; all eight on board died, including famed football coach Knute Rockne, of the University of Notre Dame.
The plane crashed into a wheat field near Bazaar, Kansas, killing Rockne and seven others. [44] [45] Coincidentally, Jess Harper, a friend of Rockne's and who was the coach Rockne had replaced at Notre Dame, lived about 100 miles (160 km) from the spot of the crash. Harper was called to make positive identification of Rockne's body.
Fokker F-10 NC999E crashed near Bazaar, Kansas, due to wing separation, killing all eight on board, including Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. The wings of the aircraft was constructed of wood laminate; over time, moisture leaking into the inside of one wing weakened the glue bonding the structure and a wing spar eventually failed ...
On March 31, 1931, a Transcontinental & Western Air F-10 crashed near Bazaar, Kansas after a wing separated in flight, killing all eight on board, including football coach Knute Rockne. On March 19, 1932, an American Airways F-10A, registration NC652E, struck power lines in heavy fog and crashed into an orchard near Calimesa, California ...
Rockne and his family lived in the St. Vincent Street home from 1920 to 1929. In the 13 years he coached Notre Dame from 1918 to 1930, he led the team to 105 wins and only 12 losses .
A Transcontinental and Western Air Fokker F-10 crashed near Bazaar, Kansas, on March 31, 1931, killing all eight aboard, including University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. [ 93 ] Kentucky
Bazaar, Kansas, United States: 8: 1: Famed football coach Knute Rockne killed. 31 March 1933 Winnipeg Toilers: Basketball: Private Ford Tri-Motor: Neodesha, Kansas: 7 ? Crashed into a field attempting a forced landing on a flight from Tulsa. [1] 13 January 1946 Army swimming team Swimming: USAAF: Curtiss Commando: Pacific Ocean near Majuro ...