Mount Kit Carson
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:DMCA Template:Infobox mountain Mount Kit Carson is a mountain in the northwest United States, located in Spokane County, Washington, northeast of Spokane, with a summit elevation of 5,286 feet (1,611 m) above sea level. It is in Mount Spokane State Park, the largest of Washington's State Parks at 13,919 acres (21.7 mi2; 56.3 km2).
1962 Plane crash
On September 10, 1962, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker was descending for a landing at Fairchild Air Force Base west of Spokane when it flew into a fog-shrouded ravine on Mount Kit Carson. The aircraft was based at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota and all forty-four aboard were killed.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It was the worst aviation accident in U.S. history (at the time) and as of October 2012, remains the 3rd worst accident (currently) involving a KC-135.[8][9][10] It was attributed to a navigational error by the crew.[11]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Air Force tanker carrying 44 overdue at Fairchild". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. September 10, 1962. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."44 die in fiery crash of Air Force tanker on side of Mt. Kit Carson". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. September 11, 1962. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Crash near Spokane takes 44 lives". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 11, 1962. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tanker-crash probe begun". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. September 11, 1962. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jet tanker crash kills 44". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 11, 1962. p. 1A.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area combed for Air Force plane victims". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. UPI. September 11, 1962. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Downed plane cut sharp path up hill". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (photo). September 12, 1962. p. 6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Camden, Jim (September 9, 2012). "50 years ago, 44 men died when KC-135 crashed before landing". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ Accident description for Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 60-0352 Spokane, WA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 60-0352 Spokane, WA". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Other Fairchild plane crashes". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. June 25, 1994. p. A6.
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