53-3195
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- September 30, 1966Accident
The crew was completing a night training mission out from March AFB, Riverside. While cruising in stormy weather at an altitude of 8,000 feet, the airplane struck tree tops and crashed on the slope of Mt Pallett located 8,4 miles south of Pearblossom. The aircraft impacted the north slope just below the ridge scattering wreckage on both sides of the ridge. All four crew members were killed. Crew: Maj Elvin Estes, Cpt Norman Gassman, Cpt Raymond Miller, S/Sgt Roger DuCharime. Probable cause (off