Pope - Lowry - Hill - Hamilton

On September 11, 1960 at 08:30 AM, Pope - Lowry - Hill - Hamilton experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-123 Provider, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Empire Colorado.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a flight from Pope AFB to Hamilton AFB with intermediate stops at Lowry AFB and Ogden-Hill AFB. The aircraft departed Lowry AFB at 0801LT. The crew completed to successives turns to the left then to the right and continued heading 270°. Few minutes later, the airplane entered a box canyon and was unable to gain sufficient height when it struck the slope of Mt Vasquez Peak (3,414 meters high). The aircraft was destroyed and all nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 55-4539, MSN 20200, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.7611°, -105.6830°.