Hamilton - Spokane

On May 4, 1970 at 08:04 AM, Hamilton - Spokane experienced a crash involving Convair T-29, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Hamilton AFB (Novato) California.

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

14 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 92.9%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from runway 30 at Hamilton AFB (Novato, CA), the crew was cleared to climb at his discretion, following heading 360 till 2,600 feet then heading 340. Few seconds later, the airplane struck trees and crashed on a mountain slope located eight miles from the airbase. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. A passenger was seriously injured while 13 other occupants were killed. The crew from the 26th Division was completing a flight to Spokane, Washington. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were considered as good with three cloud layers at 900, 15,000 and 25,000 feet, a visibility of about 8 miles and a light wind from 340 at 2 knots.

Aircraft reference details include registration 52-5822, MSN 52-21, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.0501°, -122.5136°.