Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JAN 1953 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-82A Packet |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-57772 |
| C/n / msn: | 10142 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 48 km (30 mls) SW of Chaumont (France) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Fuel exhaustion; crew bailed out.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
