ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335166
| Date: | Sunday 14 February 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A Packet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 48-569 |
| MSN: | 10204 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,8 km N of Yelm, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
| Sacramento (unknown airport), CA |
The aircraft performed a gear-up landing following an engine failure. Four of the six crew members had bailed out prior to the forced landing.
The aircraft operated on a flight from McChord AFB to Sacramento with 8,000 pounds of cargo.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Santa Cruz Sentinel 15 February 1954, p4
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