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| Date: | Thursday 9 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas SC-47D |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-16411 |
| MSN: | 20877 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cheyenne Airport, WY (CYS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cheyenne Airport, WY (CYS/KCYS) |
Veered off runway on takeoff and struck a snow bank. The co-pilot was killed by a broken propeller blade that had penetrated the cockpit.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun 10 February 1956
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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