Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-06 | Page 3 | Pilot Escapes in Plane Crash

In Acc Accident dent C I f J- J ir S Lt II n. II H. Sharman Sharmin PILOT ESCAPES I IN PLANE CRASH CRASHA A safety belt was the margin of safety for Lieutenant II n. Harland Sharman o of the army reserve flying Hying corps corp who crashed in an army plane near Grantsville Wednesday after after- noon Lieutenant Sharman was flying low when the engine exploded d because of a frozen cylinder The pilot shot under power lines aiming at a field near the highway A ditch hidden from irom view as he began the descent loomed Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Sharman landed hard in an effort to bounce the plane over over the ditch but it didn't quite make It the wheels catching and throwing the thc craft over on Its us back and demolishing demolish demolish- in tag ing it The safety safely belt prevented the pilot from being catapulted from his cock cock- pit Lieutenant Sharman walked to the highway and md was picked up by bya a passing motorist