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| Date: | Wednesday 21 June 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Forest Service |
| Registration: | N.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tonto National Forest, AZ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Payson, AZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mid-air collision between two spotter planes. One crashed. The other, a Beechcraft T-34 of the US. Forest Service landed safely at Payson AZ.
Sources:
Prescott Evening Courier 21 June 1961, p1
https://aircraft494.rssing.com/chan-15310983/all_p1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2020 18:53 | TB | Added |
| 04-Mar-2022 20:35 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-May-2022 11:06 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2022 02:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 12-Nov-2022 07:19 | Anon. | Updated [Nature, ] |
| 29-May-2023 22:02 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 11-Aug-2023 11:35 | harro | Updated |
| 24-Sep-2023 05:32 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 14-Nov-2023 04:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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