Crash of a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator on Mt Mendel: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 18, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
41-21079
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1094
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
During a training mission, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Mendel located in the Darwin Glacier, northeast of Fresno. SAR operations were conducted but suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft was found. The wreckage was eventually located on November 24, 1947, and the body of a crew member was found in October 2005.
