Northwest History. State History. Box 1. Accidents.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1938
• Subjects: Fred K. Ordway; aerial photographer; plane crash; plane wreck; leg fracture; skull fracture; Oregon City Hospital; Alfred Isaacson; C.J. Von Bakman; New Era; Washington Aircraft & Transport corporation; Edward Snow; International News Reel; Daily Alaska Empire; Alaska's Flying Photographer; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; United States > State History > Accidents > Northwest; Pacific; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/93472

Amateur Pilot Crashes On Farm Near New Era And Dies From Injuries. Amateur Pilot Lrasttes On Farm Near New Era And Dies From Injuries (Pictures on This Page) Oregon City, Feb. 17 (Special) —Fred K. Ord- way, 46, amateur pilot and aerial photographer of Juneau, Alaska, was fatally injured when the small plane he was flying crashed to earth at New Era, six miles south of Oregon City, today. His skull and one leg fractured, and suffering from internal injuries, Ordway was taken to the Oregon City hospital and died about an hour later. The accident was witnessed by Mrs. Alfred Isaacson, on whose farm the small cabin monoplane cracked up, and C. J. Von Bakman, both of New Era. Engine Buried in Mud Mrs. Isaacson said the craft, flying at a low altitude, circled her house several times and then suddenly went into a spin, plummeting to the ground. The-ship struck nose first, the engine] being buried in' the soft earth, and then turned over, part of the, tail projecting over a wire fence. Ordway was flying alone. The1, plane was registered to the I Washington Aircraft & Trans-1 port corporation of Seattle. A dispatch from the sound city1 said the victim was en route to Seattle from Salem at the time of the crash. Ordway in News Service Sergeant Edward Snow, in charge of the state police office at Oregon City, said he had been > informed Ordway was an aerial I photographer for International News Reel and was also staff camera man of the Daily Alaska Empire at Juneau. His records, taken from the crumpled craft, revealed that he held an amateur pilot's license and had about 35 hours' flying time. Ordway and his widow Laura, also an aerial photographer, arrived in Seattle from Alaska last month. For the past week he had been making flights from Seattle, preparatory to An air trip to New York. Wreckage Coming Here Ordway was known as the "Alaska's Flying Photographer" and had flown over most of the Yukon country taking aerial pictures. Later today, the wrecked plane was ordered removed to Portland.