ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27948
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| Date: | Thursday 17 July 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G |
| Owner/operator: | Aircraft Specialities Corporation |
| Registration: | N621L |
| MSN: | 8683 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cedar Breaks, Utah -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Cedar City Regional Airport (KCDC) |
| Cedar City Regional Airport (KCDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed. "Tanker 64"
Boeing B-17G-105-VE 44-85774. Built by Lockheed Vega at Burbank, California. Accepted by USAAF on June 11th 1945.
USAAF/USAF service between 1945 and 1956, being converted at one point into a VB-17G Staff Transport.
Dropped from USAF inventory June 14th 1956 for transfer to the Military Assistance Program. Ceded to government of Bolivia on June 22nd 1956, and converted for civilian use. Registered as CP-621 to Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano.
Sold to Aircraft Specialties of Mesa, Arizona and registered as N621L on April 21st 1970.
Converted to fire fighting duties as Tanker C64 (Region 3 Tanker Number); changed to Tanker 99 for 1975 fire fighting season.
Destroyed in fire fighting crash at Cedar Breaks, Utah. Aircraft departed Cedar City Regional Airport, but erroniously flew into the wrong canyon.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_6.html
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=8257
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2016 16:33 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2023 05:03 | Anon | Updated [[Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]] |
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