Date & Time:
Feb 14, 1953
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
Operator:
Registration:
51-16540
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
333
YOM:
1952
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in Roswell. While the airplane was destroyed upon impact, the pilot was unhurt.
