ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild C-82A Packet 44-22996 Shreveport-Barksdale AFB, LA (BAD)
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Date:Friday 4 November 1949
Type:Silhouette image of generic C82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fairchild C-82A Packet
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 44-22996
MSN: 10040
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9
Ground casualties:Fatalities: 1
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:11 km (6.9 mls) S of Shreveport-Barksdale AFB, LA (BAD) (   United States of America)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Shreveport-Barksdale AFB, LA (BAD/KBAD), United States of America
Destination airport:Cheyenne-Warren AFB, WY (FEW), United States of America
Narrative:
The C-82A transport plane force-landed in a cotton field after developing engine problems on takeoff. The pilot of the aircraft and one cotton picker were killed.

Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» The Milwaukee Journal - Nov 4, 1949
» San Bernardino Sun 5 November 1949, p2


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