Some SouthWest USA Crash sites.................

[bdk]

So these should keep are wreck hunter running around for sometime

When were they and what were the nature of the crashes? Bailouts? Mid-airs?

[RyanShort1]

Any in TX Col. Rohr?

Ryan

[Swiss Mustangs]

Pick one....


http://www.accident-report.com/States/States.html

Martin

[Cees Broere]

What's the reason these wrecks haven't been recovered yet? With the prices nowadays of even basket case Mustangs, sureley this must be interesting to recover.

Cheers

Cees

[Waltz41]

Thanks for link there martin. what's the best way to go about getting some more info on a particular crash? i tried to do a couple searches on a few but didn't turn up anything. any ideas?

brian

[Randy Haskin]

I've been to Crystal, NV...there are about 3 brothels out there, but that's about it. IIRC, that's not Nellis Range property on the West side of the highway out there, so depending on where the airplanes were lost there may still be wreckage there.

[RareBear]

I highly suspect that the vast majority of the crashes listed were recovered at the time, or shortly thereafter, and only the ones extremely difficult to get to may still be there. A lot of the "crashes" listed were on the airport, and thus were recovered immediately.

If the aircraft were recovered, in some cases there may still be small pieces scattered about the crash site. I think the chances of finding a restorable airframe are slim to none.

Walt

[Swiss Mustangs]

I've posted my link to show where RER based his information on (no offence, Rob, but the style of your listing immediately rang a bell...) -

I second RareBear's comment that the majority of the crashes were subject to recovery and investigation - only remote and hardly accessible spots may still yield some bits and pieces.

Just my 2 cents
Martin

[RyanShort1]

Hmmm. The TX section isn't available yet.

Ryan

[wendovertom]

There are a huge number of crashes in Utah over the UTTR. Many were mid-air formation issues so there is not much left. However there were a few B-24s that went into the Great Salt Lake (shudder) probably not much more than globs of metal down there now. But there are also a few out on the range. It just takes the right person with the right connections. On the whole though I'd agree - many of these were cleaned up quickly.

Tom P

[TimAPNY]

Most of those on the list are most likely in the Minor accident category; those aircraft most likely where fixed and sent off to where ever.

[Swiss Mustangs]

Cool RER - so it's vice-versa -

thanks for the update.

Martin

[RareBear]

Here's the link to the site Col Rohr was speaking of. It's compiled by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC), which is now at Langley AFB in Virginia. It used to be at Scott AFB in Illinois.

As a long-time member of the Civil Air Patrol, I used this list extensively to rule out sightings of aircraft wreckage when searching for a missing aircraft. However, not all the sites listed had wreckage remaining.

http://www2.acc.af.mil/afrcc/crash%20locator%20link%20page.htm

Regards,

Walt

[RareBear]

When I looked at the list yesterday, I noticed the date was in September, 2000. I don't know how often it's updated.

The list is posted on the AFRCC website, and listed under "Crash Locater".

Regards,

Walt