ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231318
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 December 1962 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.104 Dove 6BA |
| Owner/operator: | Ringsby Truck Lines Inc |
| Registration: | N4276C |
| MSN: | 04357 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1,5 mi SE of Provo Municipal, UT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Denver, CO |
| Provo, UT | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
"Twin-engined Beechcraft" crashed in open field. Pilot H.H. Mitton (Ringsby employee) and members of folksinging group "The Limeliters". Five suffered injuries. "Both wheels and both engines" were torn from the craft and "cockpit smashed".
Crashed ...60*; canx 12.01.71; J.W. Ringsby, Big Springs, Nebraska; **court report from 11 April 1972: date given as 12 December 1962; crashed on landing Provo, UT; Ringsby pilot H.H. Mitton flying the "Beechcraft" on charter flight without co-pilot and without permission. Owner Nevada Rental, Inc, NV and leased by Ringsby March 1962 as company plane.
Sources:
Desert Sun 13 December 1962, p9
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 14 December 1962, p12
** http://co.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19720411_0040466.CO.htm/qx
*World Directory of Airliner Crashed/Terry Denham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2019 15:14 | TB | Added |
| 11-Dec-2019 16:17 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2019 20:50 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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