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The result was delete. Star Mississippi 20:11, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

United Airlines N7431 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Non-notable aircraft accident. This is a 1951 crash of a DC-3 that was on a training flight, because the pilot stalled the aircraft and spun it into the ground, with all three people on board killed. It is not often that the actual text of the article makes the case that the article is non-notable, but this one actually does, stating It is not uncommon for this type of accident to occur during training flights as pilots may be experimenting with different maneuvers or training exercises. Indeed the text is correct: this sort of accident is very common and WP:RUNOFTHEMILL. Thousands of DC-3s and C-47s have crashed and most of these accidents are not notable. Being 72 years ago, we now know that there were no WP:LASTING effects from this accident noted, no airworthiness directives, no changes in flying or ATC procedures, etc. This article is just a simple newspaper story and contravenes our Wikipedia policy WP:NOTNEWS, which says Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion. Ahunt (talk) 20:47, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Notification of the existence of this AfD has been made at WikiProject Aviation and WikiProject Aircraft, within whose scope this article falls. - Ahunt (talk) 20:52, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:59, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 23:12, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, unremarkable aircraft acciden... something that the article explicitly states. I have to admit that I am not wholly up to speed on the relevant notability criteria, but there really is nothing of any interest to say about this incident.TheLongTone (talk) 14:55, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: WP:RUNOFTHEMILL, WP:LASTING, WP:NOTNEWS.  // Timothy :: talk  08:14, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: I am the creator of this article. Although I hate my work to go to waste and get deleted, I agree that it is not that significant. I had hard time finding coverage, but I assumed it is because it is so old. There probably was more coverage at the time about it, but whatever the majority of voters decide is fine with me. Shinadamina (talk) 06:09, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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