1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash
1952 aviation accident in Alaska, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash was an accident in which a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft of the United States Air Force crashed into Mount Gannett, a peak in the Chugach Mountains in the American state of Alaska, on November 22, 1952. All of the 52 people on board were killed.
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Accident | |
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Date | November 22, 1952 (1952-11-22) |
Summary | Controlled flight into mountainous terrain during approach in bad weather |
Site | Colony Glacier, Mount Gannett, Alaska, United States |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II |
Operator | United States Air Force |
Registration | 51-0107 |
Flight origin | McChord Air Force Base, Washington |
Destination | Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska |
Passengers | 41 |
Crew | 11 |
Fatalities | 52 |
Survivors | 0 |
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