Accident Beechcraft H35 Bonanza N5547D, Wednesday 9 January 1963
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Date:Wednesday 9 January 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft H35 Bonanza
Owner/operator:private
Registration: N5547D
MSN: D-5150
Year of manufacture:1957
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Big South Poudre River 60 mi west of Ft Collins, CO -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Salt Lake City, UT
Destination airport:Denver, CO
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
CNK; S.E.Greenblatt, Wichita, KS Crashed into a mountain in a severe snow storm. Wreck discovered August 31 1968

Sources:

https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/d-5000_to_d-5999.pdf

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=IJN19680906-01&e=--1963---1972--en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-greenblatt+plane-------0------
https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19680902-01.2.35&srpos=16&e=24-01-1968-31-12-1980--en-20--1-byDA-img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Greenblatt-------0------

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Feb-2021 13:18 TB Added
08-Jan-2025 20:26 Cobar Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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