Crash of a Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando on Mt Fuji: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 9, 1950
Operator:
Registration:
XT-852
Survivors:
No
MSN:
22449
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a liaison flight between Tachikawa AFB and Korea. While cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet in marginal weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Fuji and was destroyed upon impact. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Robert Heising, pilot,
Jimmy W. H. Chang, copilot,
T. W. Wen, radio operator.
Crew:
Cpt Robert Heising, pilot,
Jimmy W. H. Chang, copilot,
T. W. Wen, radio operator.
