Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 FEB 1962 |
| Type: | Convair T-29A (CV-240) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-1931 |
| C/n / msn: | 198 |
| First flight: | 1950 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) NW of Durango, CO (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA), United States of America |
| Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF), United States of America |
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.
Events:
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» The Deseret News - May 19, 1962
Photos
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 Amarillo AFB, TX to Ogden-Hill AFB, UT as the crow flies is 1103 km (690 miles).
Distance from Amarillo AFB, TX to Ogden-Hill AFB, UT as the crow flies is 1103 km (690 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.
