Lowry - Alameda

On September 3, 1949 at 10:40 PM, Lowry - Alameda experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-82 Packet, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Collinsville California.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Lowry AFB (Denver) to Alameda NAS (Oakland), the airplane suffered a loss of power on both engines and the crew instructed all six passengers to bail out. After they abandoned the airplane, the crew lost control of the aircraft which dove into the ground and crashed in a marshy field located about 2 miles north of Collinsville. Both pilots were killed while all six passengers were uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 45-57823, MSN 10193, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.0769°, -121.8500°.