Stinson SM-1 Detroiter crash, Jan 2, 1930 (5 killed), Poi...
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter accident on January 2, 1930 near Point Vicente California, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The two aircraft collided in...
- Date: January 2, 1930
- Aircraft: Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
- Location: Point Vicente California, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The two aircraft collided in mid air while filming a parachute jump.
A Stinson Detroiter used as a camera platform for the film Such Men Are Dangerous collided in mid air with a second Detroiter off the coast near Santa Monica, California, on 2 January 1930. Both aircraft crashed into the sea and burned, and all 10 men aboard were killed.