Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 OCT 1958 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-123B-12-FA Provider |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4521 |
| C/n / msn: | 20182 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Payette, ID (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF), United States of America |
| Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM), United States of America |
Crashed while on a support flight for the 'Thunderbirds' display team. It is believed that the airplane struck a formation of geese.
Events:
Sources:
» 19 killed (Holland Evening Sentinel, 1958-10-10)
» Flight of geese blamed for plane crash
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Ogden-Hill AFB, UT to Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA as the crow flies is 1063 km (665 miles).
Distance from Ogden-Hill AFB, UT to Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA as the crow flies is 1063 km (665 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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