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| Date: | Thursday 9 October 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-12-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4521 |
| MSN: | 20182 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Payette, ID -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
Crashed while on a support flight for the 'Thunderbirds' display team. It is believed that the airplane struck a formation of geese.
Sources:
Flight of geese blamed for plane crash; 19 killed (Holland Evening Sentinel, 1958-10-10)
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