Travel Air 5000 crash, Jul 14, 1927, Molokai Hawaii
Travel Air 5000 accident on July 14, 1927 near Molokai Hawaii, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion.
- Date: July 14, 1927
- Aircraft: Travel Air 5000
- Location: Molokai Hawaii, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion
Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte left Oakland on 14 July 1927 in a Travel Air 5000 attempting a nonstop flight to Honolulu for the Dole prize. After 26 hours and 36 minutes they ran out of fuel and crash landed in a thorn tree on Molokai. Both survived, but because they did not reach Honolulu they were disqualified from the prize.