Incident Name: training, Silverado Canyon, Cleveland National Forest
Date: 10/4/1958
Personnel: 2 lives lost
Age:
Agency/Organization: unkown
Position: aerial firefighters
Summary:
William John Archibald, pilot, trainer, 39
Carl Lewis Milligan, pilot, 40
On 10/14/1958 in the air above a fire in Silverado Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, William Archibald was training Carl Milligan when the tail of the Beechcraft Bonanza lead plane broke off in flight.
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Silverado Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, CA
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Concise Information from the NTSB, FAA, AAP and research by the WLF Staff:
- 10/4/1958, V-35
- 2 killed, William Archibald & Carl Milligan
- Operator: unknown
- Type: Beechcraft Bonanza
- Location: Silverado Canyon, Cleveland NF, CA
- FAA Registration # unknown
- The NTSB online lookup Utility currentlyonly goes back to 1962.
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