Aircraft
Crashes Record Office
Bureau
d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques
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Date & Time
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20 April 2005 at 1900LT
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Crew on board
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3
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Type of Aircraft
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Pax on board
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0
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Company name
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Crew fatalities
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3
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Registration
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Pax fatalities
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0
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Location
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48 km NE of Chico, California
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Schedule
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Chico - Chico
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Total fatalities
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3
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Construction number
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185-5171
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Year of manufacture
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1963
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The crew was performing a training flight based on the
program of the Orion's Tanker procedure. While overflying the Lassen
National Forest, 48 kilometres North-East of Chico, the crew lost the
control of the aircraft which crashed and burned. All occupants were
killed.
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