Fairchild C-123 Provider crash, Sep 11, 1960 (9 killed)
Fairchild C-123 Provider accident on September 11, 1960 near Empire Colorado, United States with 9 fatalities. Cause: Pilot entered a box canyon with...
- Date: September 11, 1960
- Aircraft: Fairchild C-123 Provider
- Location: Empire Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot entered a box canyon with insufficient altitude and lateral clearance. Contributing factors were low flying in breach of air discipline and a probable adverse mountain wave effect.
A US Air Force Fairchild C 123B on a logistic flight from Pope AFB toward Hamilton AFB left Lowry AFB at 0801 and flew for about 30 minutes at very low level through the mountains west of Denver. It entered a box canyon and struck Vasquez Peak near Empire, Colorado, on 11 September 1960, killing all nine aboard.