N-16030 (Cameron Balloons US C-60) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on December 22, 1989.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1994 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N-16030.

June 9, 1950AccidentHull loss
On the evening of June 9, 1950, a Douglas DC-3 operated by the New Tribes Mission crashed and burned on the northeasterly end of the Serrania de Valledupar mountain range, approximately 19 miles east-northeast of Fonseca, Colombia. All 12 passengers and three crew members were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire. **The flight** The aircraft, N-16030, was transporting missionaries, mission staff, and their families to Venezuela. The crew consisted of pilot William P. Wethe
Douglas DC-3 · 15 fatalities
The Board finds that there is not sufficient evidence upon which to make a determination of probable cause. Full accident record