ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178076
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| Date: | Saturday 2 June 1962 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-34B Mentor |
| Owner/operator: | U.S. Forest Service |
| Registration: | N145Z |
| MSN: | BG-175 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nr Hillsboro Peak, NM -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Silver City/Grant County Airport, NM |
| Silver City/Grant County Airport, NM | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Impacted a wooded mountainside while acting as a bird dog plane in a forest fire.
Both occupants survived. Volunteer smokejumpers assisted the pilot and the passenger, a reporter for the El Paso (Texas) Times newspaper. The two victims were airlifted to hospital by helicopter the next morning; both men fully recovered.
Sources:
http://www.ephemeraltreasures.net/crash-part-1.html
ex.US Navy/Bu140841.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2015 17:58 | harro | Added |
| 28-Nov-2019 09:24 | Bob | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2022 15:54 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 01-May-2022 08:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2022 01:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-May-2023 21:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator]] |
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