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Crash of a Beechcraft SNB-2C Navigator near Mt Whitney: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1964
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
29581
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While in cruising altitude on a liaison flight, weather conditions worsened. In a limited visibility due to snow falls, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 7 miles southwest of Mt Whitney. All four occupants were killed.