Accident Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor 44-87129, Thursday 5 April 1951
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Date:Thursday 5 April 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 44-87129
MSN: 8388
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Organ Peak 15 mi E of Las Cruces, NM -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:El Paso, TX
Destination airport:Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
Narrative:
Crashed in Organ mountains.

Sources:

Diário de Lisboa 6 April 1951, p12
AAIR
https://books.google.nl/books?id=oc1UAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=%C2%A0plane+crash&article_id=2164,3166325&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi71-jG0raMAxXgi_0HHXm2KPk4ChDoAXoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q=%C2%A0plane%20crash&f=false

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Sep-2018 12:34 TB Added
01-Apr-2025 10:45 Cobar Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ]

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