The New York herald., 1922-08-16
CRASH OF AIRBOAT
DELAYS BRAZIL TRIP.
Crowd Waiting for Start Sees
Pilot Hit Water, Split
ting Float.
RIGHT PLANE IS RIPPED
Lieut.. Hinton Narrowly Misses
Yacht in Avoiding Float
ing Crate.
RIGHT PLANE IS RIPPED

with the time for the start OF the
$500 mile flight to Brazil only an hour
away. and with thousands of sightseers
lining Riverside Drive to witness the
event, the Brazilian hydro-airplane
Sampaio Correia met with an accident
orr the Columbia Yacht Club in the
North River yesterday that will delay
the start probably until daybreak to-
day.
As he was about to take the water Off
the Yacht club landing, after bringing
the plane up from Rockaway Point
Lieut.. Walter Hinton, the pilot, sud-
denly saw directly in the path of the
ship large crate To avoid striking it
ne sWerved the ship, narrowly missed
one of the yachts lying at anchor and
drove his right wing under the surface.
The swerving impact or the water
split the starboard float from end to
end and ripped the fabric of the right
wing. 1T was case Of hitting the
crate OF banking and putting a wing
under. 50 we chose the latter" said the
Lieutenant. The crate was partly sub
merged and 1t was impossible to see 1t
until We were almost upon it."
lnglis NJ. uppercu and Charles f..
Reardon. owner and president respec-
lively of the Aeromarine Airways Com
pany. immediately came TO the assist
ance OF the fliers. offering use of their
own spare parts and help of their own
mechanics. 1t was discovered, however,
that the floats used on the aeromarine
ships We're not interchangeable with
those OF the Sampaio Correia. An order
was immediately telephoned TO the
naval aircraft factory in Philadelphia,
and within an hour il was said a man
was on the way from the Gactory with
new float. He was expected TO arrive
late in the afternoon, and Lieut.. Hinton
and his mechanician. John Wilshusen,
arranged to go to work at once repair
ing the damage.
Different verions of the immediate
cause OF the mishap were offered by
some witnesses. Capt. Robert S. Wood.
former MEMBER of the Royal Flying
Corps. said: The seaplane was trying
to make a 'swank landing 1t came in
too close and lost its flying speed while
fifty feet in the air. 1t 'pancaked' and
sideslipped. The starboard wing hit the
water. crashing the pontoon through it
and the port engine stalled"
Some inuuistive individual fished the
offending crate out of the river and dis
covered from stenciling on its sides
that il was a lemon crate from Brazil.
Owing to the accident and to the fact
that the plane could not be easily
brought up to the landing, the christen-
ing ceremonies We're eliminated But a
huge floral horseshoe. donated by
Fleischman, the florist. was presented
to the flying party by Adelaide Martins
and Shirley TribSen, the three-year-old
daughters Of DR.. T.. Pinto Martins,
Brazilian navigator. and Ide Bennett
Tribken. one of the flight trustees.
Among those at the ceremony were
Rear Admiral Charles Voge)gesang,
commandant of the Third Naval dis
trict; John j. Lyons. Secretary of State.
representing the Governor; Col. George
w. Burleigh Of the Governors staff,
Major Ranulf Compton. Deputy Secre-
tary of State; Inspector Dwyer of the
Police Department and Augustus Post
of the Aero Club.