Lockheed 8 Sirius/Altair crash, May 13, 1932, Kinsale Mun...
Lockheed 8 Sirius/Altair accident on May 13, 1932 near Kinsale Munster, Ireland with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion after failing to find land,...
- Date: May 13, 1932
- Aircraft: Lockheed 8 Sirius/Altair
- Location: Kinsale Munster, Ireland
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion after failing to find land, with northerly winds carrying the aircraft off course
Lou Reichers took off alone from Harbour Grace on a solo attempt toward Paris in a Lockheed Altair. After about nine and a half hours over the Atlantic with little fuel left, he set down on the sea off the Irish coast about fifty yards from the liner President Roosevelt, which picked him up. The airplane was abandoned in heavy seas and lost.