While cruising by night and in foggy conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of the Mt Moran (12,605 feet high) located in the northwest part of Wyoming, south of the Yellowstone National Park. …

N74586 had crashed during a snowstorm on 11/21/50 killing all twenty-one people on board. Among those killed were seven children whose bodies along with all of the other fourteen …

On Nov. 22, 1950, park ranger Blake VandeWater, Paul Petzoldt and two other mountaineers climbed Mount Moran to investigate the wreckage of a plane that had crashed the evening …

“On Nov. 22, 1950, park ranger Blake VandeWater, Paul Petzoldt and two other mountaineers climbed Mount Moran to investigate the wreckage of a plane that had crashed the evening …

Aug 19, 2023 · Obviously the bodies have been removed but I guess the rest of the wreckage was deemed unnecessary to move, or too difficult to move, back in 1950. There is even some …

The DC-3C crashed into a mountain in fog. Three crew, eight children and ten adults were killed. Last radio contact was at 15:48. A rescue party located the wreckage on November 25, at an …

Apr 28, 2010 · Hidden in the clouds was Mount Moran, a 12,605 foot peak of the Grand Tetons. An explosion ripped the evening air and a tower of flame, visible from the ground, climbed high …

JACKSON, Wyo., Nov. 21 (UP)-- A privately owned DC-3 carrying twenty-one California members of a "missionary group" and three crew members crashed into Mount Moran in the desolate …

The aircraft crashed into Mt. Moran at 11,200 ft., in a snowstorm while flying in IMC conditions. The accident was attributed to flight into IMC conditions with probable electrical failure due to a …

Oct 22, 2021 · The plane hit the east face of Moran above the Skillet Glacier. Over the years avalanches have spread the wreckage down the glacier and over the terminal moraine. …