There has got to be some photos of an airline crash from 1964. Specificly flight 901A that crashed into Genoa Peak on March 1st of that year. I can only find 2 accident reports for this crash (using yahoo), and no photos. Any other ideas? How would someone request something like this from the FAA? Would they turn em over?
I’m interested in seeing damage to a specific tree at the crash site. Kooky, huh?
there really isnt a lot out there on this crash
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=flight+901A%2C+1964
yahoo isnt the best search engine because its more of jsut a database, google is pretty good.
Your best bet would be either to search the local papers or to contact them directly or the state library shoul have newspapers on hand for that date and its surrounding dates so you should get some photos from them. This is how i research a lot of events from certain dates here in sydney australia, i love looking at the old papers.
Zaphod
Go to a library - yes, an old fashioned library. Tell them you’re researching the crash and ask their help in referencing old newspapers from that time period. Most libraries either have or have access to microfilm and microfiche records of these.
The FAA accident database will give you details as to where and when the crash occured, which can help in locating both local papers (which may have more information than big dailies) and the dates involved.
Actually, subsequent to 1967, your best bet would have been the NTSB: National Transportation Safety Board
For 1964, you might have to use the FAA as a default. Previously, the matter would have been handled by the Civil Aeronautics Board, but they were dissolved under a government streamlining effort and I don’t know who inherited their collected crash data, the FAA, the NTSB, file 13, or some other group.
You might try the Lake Tahoe newspaper morgue or the Sherrif’s department for that county (making online research problematic, of course).
Well, I found the article that appeared in the NY Times through one of my school databases, but there was no associated photo. I also didn’t find anything on the AP photo archives that we also have access to through school.
America: History and life didn’t yield anything at all.
I’d go with the “visit your local library” option. Even if you’re not in the Tahoe/Reno area, talk to your local library - they may be able to get something through interlibrary loan for you. They may not be able to, but it’s worth a shot.
try here.