Incident Name: badlands north of Hemet, CA
Date: 7/22/1962
Personnel: Alvin “Bucky” Walters
Age: 51
Agency/Organization: private company under contract with CDF (now CAL FIRE)
Position: aerial firefighter
Summary: On July 22, 1962, Bucky Walters crashed in the WW II-vintage TBM airtanker known as Tanker 20 while flying on a CDF fire. There was speculation that he was incapacitated by a heart attack.
Maps
badlands north of Hemet, CA
Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Concise Information from the NTSB, FAA, AAP and research by the WLF Staff:
- 7/22/1962, Tanker 70
- 1 killed, Alvin “Bucky” Walters
- Operator: name of city, state
- Type: TBM 3-E
- Location: badlands north of Hemet, CA
- FAA Registration unknown
- NTSB # unknown
- For information, if it becomes available, consult the NTSB online lookup Utility Unfortunately the NTSB did not investigate state or federal aviation accidents in those days.
- California Death Index: Alvin B Walters
- Name: Alvin B Walters
- Event Type: Death
- Event Date: 22 Jul 1962
- Event Place: Riverside, California, United States
- Birth Date: 07 Oct 1913
- Birthplace: California
- Gender: Male
- Age: 51
Wildlandfire.com Links:
Media Articles and Reports
Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- Find A Grave Index: Alvin Byron ‘Bucky’ Walters
Contributors to this article: Tom Janney
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