Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 JAN 1968 |
| Type: | Douglas R5D-2 (DC-4) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 50850 |
| C/n / msn: | 10427 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Copper Canyon, NV (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Buckley Air National Guard Base, CO (BFK), United States of America |
| Seattle NAS, WA, United States of America |
Turbulent conditions caused an uncontrolled descent. The aircraft struck Mount Tobin 300 feet. below the summit and slid 1000 feet down.
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
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- 1242+ built
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