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| Date: | Saturday 6 January 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft L-23D Seminole |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
| Registration: | 58-3082 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mi E of Shelton, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gray AAF, Fort Lewis, WA |
WA/C departed Gray AAF at Ft Lewis at
0838 hrs on a routine flight and crashed nose down in a heavily wooded slope approx 1 mi E of Shelton at 0852hrs. Both crew - Captain Thomas K. Wesp and Captain Terry T. Wedemeier - were killed
Sources:
1. http://www.armyaircrews.com/fixed.html
2. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/55211404/
3. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/80350017/
4. Official US Army Accident Record.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jul-2016 00:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Mar-2022 21:20 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2024 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2024 18:00 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 01-Mar-2024 18:00 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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