ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333384
| Date: | Sunday 25 February 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair T-29A (CV-240) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-1931 |
| MSN: | 198 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km NW of Durango, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA) |
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.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Deseret News - May 19, 1962
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