ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 6855
Last updated: 9 February 2019
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| Date: | 27-JUN-1970 |
| Time: | 07:48 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172E |
| Owner/operator: | Private owner |
| Registration: | N7735U |
| C/n / msn: | 17251735 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Northway, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Delivery |
| Departure airport: | Fort Wainwright, AK |
| Whitehorse,Can |
recovery date 7/18/70. Struck canyon slope that was probably obscured by rain showers.
Plane was being transported to Washington, DC by U.S. Army Major Jerry Boyd Holliday (brigade operations officer) and Captain James Ewell Echols III. Specialist Stephen P. Kline had hitched a ride with them.
Sources:
NTSB
NARA U.S.Army Casualty Records; Find-a-Grave narrative (Echols)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Nov-2017 20:14 | Rodger Asai | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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