McChord - McChord

On September 30, 1949 at 12:00 AM, McChord - McChord experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-82 Packet, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near McCleary Washington.

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, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was returning to his base in McChord following a training sortie above the Pacific Ocean. En route, the pilot informed ATC that he was encountering engine problems when he lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a wooded area located on a hill some 5 miles northwest of McCleary. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 48-0582, MSN 10217, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.0532°, -123.2654°.