Accident de Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver , Thursday 20 December 1962
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Date:Thursday 20 December 1962
Time:13:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver
Owner/operator:United States Army Aviation
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Bovill, ID -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Geiger Field, Spokane, WA
Destination airport:Bovill Airstrip, ID
Narrative:
Lost control in a forced landing after an engine failure and crashed

Sources:

Folha de São Paulo 21 December 1962, p2
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fqdYAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=bovill+plane&article_id=5460,5128984&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSorbnkeSKAxWc8LsIHRo9Du4Q6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=bovill%20plane&f=false

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Sep-2015 17:14 TB Added
16-Sep-2015 19:02 TB Updated [Country, ]
07-Jan-2025 17:58 Cobar Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]

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