Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 JUN 1951 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-82A-FA Packet |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-57761 |
| C/n / msn: | 10131 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4,5 km (2.8 mls) SSW of New Boston, TX (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell AAF, KY (HOP/KHOP), United States of America |
| Lawton Municipal Airport, OK (LAW), United States of America |
Crashed into pasture and burned.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell AAF, KY to Lawton Municipal Airport, OK as the crow flies is 1007 km (629 miles).
Distance from Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell AAF, KY to Lawton Municipal Airport, OK as the crow flies is 1007 km (629 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.
