Date:	Tuesday 21 September 1954
Time:	18:20
Type:	Fairchild C-82A Packet
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	45-57744
MSN:	10114
Year of manufacture:	1947
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	14,5 km NW of Fawnskin, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA (SBD/KSBD)
Destination airport:	Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF)

Narrative:
Crashed in the San Bernardino Mountains after an engine failure. Eight occupants bailed out safely before the accident.
The aircraft had departed from Norton Air Force Base at 18:15 hours after refueling there.

Madera Tribune 22 September 1954, p1
San Bernardino Sun 23 September 1954, p30
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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