ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335676
| Date: | Thursday 24 January 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman SA-16A Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-001 |
| MSN: | G-74 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km ENE of Panamint Springs, Death Valley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mountain Home AFB, ID (MUO/KMUO) |
| San Diego (unknown airport), CA |
The SA-16 Albatross was abandoned by the crew when one engine failed while over Death Valley. The airplane continued until impacting a steep slope west of Towne Peak in the Panamint Range.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of the American West
Location
Images:
photo (c) Richard Altorfer; Paramount Mountains, Death Valley, CA; 23 June 2018
photo (c) Richard Altorfer; Paramount Mountains, Death Valley, CA; 23 June 2018
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