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Safety history

• October 9, 1958AccidentHull loss

  The crew was returning to his base in McChord after he took part to an airshow at Ogden-Hill AFB, supplying the Thunderbird's team. While flying in cruising altitude, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located seven miles east of Payette.

  Fairchild C-123 Provider · 19 fatalities

  It is believed that the loss of control was the consequence of an in-flight collision with a flock of birds, maybe goose. Full accident record