41-21079

On November 18, 1942 at 12:00 AM, 41-21079 experienced a crash involving Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Mt Mendel California.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

During a training mission, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Mendel located in the Darwin Glacier, northeast of Fresno. SAR operations were conducted but suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft was found. The wreckage was eventually located on November 24, 1947, and the body of a crew member was found in October 2005.

Aircraft reference details include registration 41-21079, MSN 1094, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.1749°, -118.6823°.