ASN Aircraft accident Convair T-29A (CV-240) 49-1931 Durango, CO
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Date:Sunday 25 February 1962
Type:Silhouette image of generic CVLP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Convair T-29A (CV-240)
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 49-1931
MSN: 198
First flight: 1950
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:24 km (15 mls) NW of Durango, CO (   United States of America)
Crash site elevation: 4267 m (13999 feet) amsl
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA), United States of America
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A USAF Convair transport plane flew into the side of Babcock Peak at an elevation of 14.000 feet in a snowstorm. The wreckage was discovered May 18, 1962.

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Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» The Deseret News - May 19, 1962


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