N9528Z

On April 24, 1967 at 02:45 PM, N9528Z experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, operated by United States Forest Service - USFS, with the event recorded near Lake City Colorado.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft was involved in a local training mission, carrying three crew members and several skydivers (firefighters) on behalf of the US Forest Service. Following two successful missions, the crew was approaching the mountain over Lake City and the pilot-in-command reduced his speed to allow the skydivers to bail out when the airplane stalled, struck trees and crashed in a wooded area. A crew member was killed and two others were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9528Z, MSN AF-109, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.0305°, -107.3170°.