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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-90-DL near Mineral: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1949 at 2244 LT
Operator:
Registration:
43-15931
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Maxwell - Ogden - McChord
MSN:
20379
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Maxwell AFB (Alabama) to McChord AFB in Washington with an intermediate stop in Ogden-Hill AFB, Utah. The aircraft left Ogden-Hill AFB at 1934LT. At 2244LT, the crew informed ATC he was starting the descent to McChord when the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located 4 miles southwest of Mineral. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.