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Not to be confused with Kit Carson Peak.

Mount Kit Carson is a mountain in the northwest United States, located in Spokane County, Washington, northeast of Spokane, with a summit elevation of 5,286 feet (1,611 m) above sea level. It is in Mount Spokane State Park, the largest of Washington's State Parks at 13,919 acres (21.7 sq mi; 56.3 km2).

1962 Plane crash

On September 10, 1962, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker was descending for a landing at Fairchild Air Force Base west of Spokane when it flew into a fog-shrouded ravine on Mount Kit Carson. The aircraft was based at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota and all forty-four aboard were killed.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It was the worst aviation accident in U.S. history (at the time) and as of October 2012, remains the 3rd worst accident (currently) involving a KC-135.[10][11][12] It was attributed to a navigational error by the crew.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Kit Carson, Washington". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Mount Kit Carson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Air Force tanker carrying 44 overdue at Fairchild". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). September 10, 1962. p. 1.
  4. ^ "44 die in fiery crash of Air Force tanker on side of Mt. Kit Carson". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 11, 1962. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Crash near Spokane takes 44 lives". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 11, 1962. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Tanker-crash probe begun". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). September 11, 1962. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Jet tanker crash kills 44". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 11, 1962. p. 1A.
  8. ^ "Area combed for Air Force plane victims". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. September 11, 1962. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Downed plane cut sharp path up hill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). September 12, 1962. p. 6.
  10. ^ Camden, Jim (September 9, 2012). "50 years ago, 44 men died when KC-135 crashed before landing". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  11. ^ Accident description for Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 60-0352 Spokane, WA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.
  12. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 60-0352 Spokane, WA". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "Other Fairchild plane crashes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 25, 1994. p. A6.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kit_Carson