49-0192
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- June 4, 1951Accident
While cruising in heavy rain falls, the aircraft encountered turbulences and went into a dive. Three crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a field located 15 miles southwest of Jackson, Tennessee. While the three occupants who bailed out were unarmed, four other crew members were killed, among them one civilian. Those killed were: Robert T. Helt, Cpt Kenneth W. Christenson, 1st Lt Stanley L. Michelson. Probable cause (official findings): Loss of control in heavy turb