Fort Campbell - Lawton

On June 3, 1951 at 01:45 PM, Fort Campbell - Lawton experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-82 Packet, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near New Boston Texas.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. En route, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 2,5 miles southwest of New Boston. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 10 crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 45-57761, MSN 10131, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.4598°, -94.4155°.