ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild C-82A-20-FA Packet 44-23021 Tallahassee, FL
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Date:Monday 31 July 1950
Type:Silhouette image of generic C82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fairchild C-82A-20-FA Packet
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 44-23021
MSN: 10065
First flight: 1946
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:3 km (1.9 mls) W of Tallahassee, FL (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tampa-MacDill AFB, FL (MCF/KMCF), United States of America
Destination airport:Montgomery-Maxwell AFB, AL (MXF/KMXF), United States of America
Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair in belly landing following engine problems. Five occupants bailed out prior to the forced landing.

Classification:
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» Fairchild C-82 Packet website / Simon Beck
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» St. Petersburg Times 1 August 1950, p9


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Distance from Tampa-MacDill AFB, FL to Montgomery-Maxwell AFB, AL as the crow flies is 621 km (388 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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