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 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
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) |
Destination airport: | San Diego (unknown airport), CA |
Narrative: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:
![](/photos/wiki/1952/19520124_U16_51-001_11857.jpg)
photo (c) Richard Altorfer; Paramount Mountains, Death Valley, CA; 23 June 2018
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photo (c) Richard Altorfer; Paramount Mountains, Death Valley, CA; 23 June 2018
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