ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336587
| Date: | Sunday 17 October 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A Packet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-57797 |
| MSN: | 10167 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 34 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km NE of Clinton, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | El Paso-Biggs AAF, TX (BIF/KBIF) |
| Valparaiso-Eglin AFB, FL (VPS/KVPS) |
The C-82A Packet transport plane was part of a seven plane convoy travelling from El Paso-Biggs AAF, TX (BIF) to Valparaiso-Eglin AFB, FL (VPS).
The pilot decided to carry out an emergency landing when one engine lost power. The pilot brought the aircraft down in a clearing avoiding scattered trees but ploughed through a farm fence. It slid to a stop right side up. There was no fire but a portion of the fuselage was caved in which caused the deaths of four occupants and severely injured a fifth.
Sources:
Fairchild C-82 Packet website / Simon Beck
The Evening Independent 18 October 1948, p16
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