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Date: | Saturday 20 January 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Beechcraft C18S |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N6690C |
MSN: | 5632 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | ca 15 mi E of Baker, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Van Nuys, CA |
Destination airport: | Las Vegas, NV |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Twin-engined Beechcraft crashed in foggy weather due to wing icing and caught fire. Pilot Grant Thomas Shepherd (35), Ammex General Insurance Co, Su Valley, CA.
Sources:
Desert Sun 22 January 1962, p1
San Bernardino Sun 22 January 1962
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2019 17:58 |
TB |
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10-Jan-2019 18:05 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
07-Apr-2021 07:02 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Nature, Narrative] |