Fokker F10 crash, Mar 31, 1931 (8 killed), Bazaar Kansas
Fokker F10 accident on March 31, 1931 near Bazaar Kansas, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: The plywood skin separated from the ribs and spars...
- Date: March 31, 1931
- Aircraft: Fokker F10
- Location: Bazaar Kansas, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The plywood skin separated from the ribs and spars after the glue bond weakened from flying in rain.
A Transcontinental and Western Air Fokker F 10 on a scheduled service left Kansas City and crashed in a wheat field near Bazaar, Kansas, on 31 March 1931, about an hour after takeoff. All eight people aboard, including football coach Knute Rockne, were killed.