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Location:
Nevada -
Date:
10/11/1962 -
Incident Type:
Fixed Wing Incident -
Description:
At about 1630 on October 11, 1962, a Boeing B-17G air tanker registered N3678G crashed on the side of Mount Lincoln in the Stillwater Mountain Range east of Fallon, Nevada. The details of the accident are not readily available, though the conditions at the time of the accident are described as a "wind storm." The aircraft was involved in aerial fire suppression operations at the time of the accident. One source indicates the pilots were William Chevrolet and Ted Schuler.
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