Lockheed 5 Vega crash, Aug 19, 1933 (1 killed), Leipsic D...
Lockheed 5 Vega accident on August 19, 1933 near Leipsic Delaware, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The aircraft reportedly exploded in the air...
- Date: August 19, 1933
- Aircraft: Lockheed 5 Vega
- Location: Leipsic Delaware, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft reportedly exploded in the air during an electrical storm, and a newspaper report said it had apparently been hit by lightning.
A Lockheed Vega (NC658E) flown by Harold E. McMahon crashed into a tidal marsh about three miles southeast of Leipsic, Delaware, on 19 August 1933 during an electrical storm. The pilot was killed and the aircraft sank into the marsh.