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| Date: | Saturday 3 September 1949 |
| Time: | 22:40 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A Packet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-57823 |
| MSN: | 10193 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km N of Collinsville, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Lowry AFB, CO |
| Alameda NAS, CA (NGZ/KNGZ) |
The C-82A Packet transport plane suffered a loss of engine power en route between Denver and Alameda. Six occupants parachuted to safety. The pilot and copilot died when the airplane came down in marshland.
Sources:
Lewiston Morning Tribune - Sep 4, 1949
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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