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1.. Pue& o• A<xmt::NT--State. Cuuut.y, ""~ Town, .u181.aDCe and Uiret"t.lon irDm Same. N - Army Airlle1d, "lsta!lco aud flin:dion from DllW"·

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2. W .il COUJSION W ITU 0TRU AJllCBAn?

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OIWCI' Xu. AND TYPI. ISQU•l•&O'C

Section D-OPERATOR'S FLYING EXPERIENCE (lncludlns dvilian)

J'LTJ!IOTlllE lST I'll.OT OR Row OTHER PILOT OR Pill la 1..... 8111U1 t only l f - k l r - •ladeal la lrllla· to. AAF scuoou rax:v1oc111.Y An&110&0 AMO D.&na
8TCDPT 0Tn&& 8TUD&N1' I.. • rUed fllot la CHI. OTU, el<.
1. TO'fAL "- TU1NU c.._.... No...,.., licuuW,, OTU, CCTS, En:.
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jnstrumcut (•f 1.nknown cunditic1ns. ftll ln U11m!I 13 through 17.

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DUTY TYPE
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CV.. aw.._•...,. or Ille form Tllllt-belllened ••a
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Section H-AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR, OR OTHER MATERIEL

( u . thJ• -.eUon if -.l6ricl lailme wu • m•lrlbatlac ca._ ,.,.._. i• ti.e attidrnt. Thill••• br. lliaAPd b1 . .1neer1nsot6ea>

l. lllUC&JHE THE M.a.d:JUIEL Jt,.._ILUR&. lNct.t:uu.o 8T...T&MICSTo• Kun.1 OI' Fucun &T TUI. '1'1111tos Y1.tLlJ&& A.Nb ALL Jo'•CTO&al Wwcu M10uT li•V& CoNTRIHUTED To•&U
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(Uae thia 9ertion. if 11peeial eqlllpment - ..._._.... rad~ dlna:ldN. ~lteD "ltalplnent. rh-e estiftltUilthe".9• ....tc. waa • ~ntrlbaUnc callfN! larter in die ac'lr'idenl
for_aa7 Fealloll lllC'IUdl.nc failure. mimue. or by ~n of DGt bt-tAI' tn lhP plane1

L Jn:.!<O('IURf: now -rnr.. :O::N'l'l.u. E1,,,1t"IJ'»t.,.T l'n'.l>THlR1.iTE1> TO TH~ At::CJD&NT me. TO IT~ H:g~t"LTS
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The Cl"ft stated there 1'9.1;'9 no first aid kits in either one o~ the lite
rafts, onl7 bandages. Also there were DO ups ot U7 kind.

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WEATHER OFFICEU •
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Section L-GENERAL INFORMATION

1. b EJUWa ON TH& l'•KT. or .HoMIIDSI:: OTHXB 'l'llAN TUE (Jr1:au.ro• W48" FACTOR. RT.A.Tl: How

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2. WJU.T WA! TIUC l\fU1810N?

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A.tllospberic Research
'- W&IC.& 'J'muu: ANY VJOt..tl'loNs or Olntt:~ oa Jt~.w1.Anosit? (Y.:11daiu'

A.F Regulation 60-16, paragraph 36c. iltllougb t.here no written authorisation

for the airc:raAto be tlown below t.he .S.nima alt.itud• specified in tbi.8 regala-
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tion, .tUrtber questioning ot the Pilot, oo-pilot and Operations Otticer renaled
that i t was •t.andard operating procedure to~ntiat who . . to be tl.own
to bri•t the pilots on what be would lib do pilots would u• their
own m•cretion •• to the U1Nnt ot th• work t could be ate acC011pliehed.
Thia procedure • • neceaear;r due to the 'ftl'ied nature ot the teate being aceoa-
pliehed at that inst.allation.

Inanncb as t.he .S.asion being fiawn was tor the purpoae ot unusual test 110rk
and standard operating procedure•• tor the pilots invol•ed to follow ae cloee-
17 u possible the desired .t.esion of the scientist being flown, it 1• not felt

Local Local
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DC!IO• H • lDICltIP.fIOI' Ol' Bl ACCimft

1. !bi• aircraft wa• on aa atmsphertc :re•earcb ld.Hl•n which ea-

\alled fl71nc froa th• Cl'ftAd to 30,000 feet ad return to a• lw aa
alU hd.e a• poHible. !ta. Id.Hien va• Hti•ted h be of three (3) hour•
d1U'&Uon. !he pllot _. oon•14eioe4 ••17 :prof'lolent in this tJ'pe aircraft.
!he &lrcraf\ had a tak9-off veigb.t of 1oli,556 lbe. ad had been airborne
two (2) hour• aa4 fon,-flT• (115) llln.te• when the orallh oocun4.

'!he weather at th• '1u ot th• accident - • high eaUerell \o clear

.~ .. vUh light .artabl• n.rtace wind• onr the ana. ~be n.rtace ~n&
at 1130 Pft at I.a.e T•~ wae 11 llJlh froa the 1111. Boulier CltT 414 net

the surface wincl to be eight ( 8) llJlh fro• the sa wt th tbe

hip acattere4 and for\T (llo) all•• Tl•ilttlt~.
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tnnlalt the 1130 weather ht the 1230 v•ther for >o\1lcler Ci\7 ehowecl
oondi tlon

!Jle airol'&f\ ha4 -4e th• ld.n1- altiftd.e Nil llll4 all nu \o 30,000
feat &114 nt1ll'll. At the t i • of the uolclut tbe ail'Cntt va• Mid.De the
alni- al.Ut'Ud.e ran after return froa 30,000 f ..t. !hie ra - • b•i-C
-40 in a eoutho1"1l17 d.lreotion on the porUon of ::r.lm llN4, 1'9"1da, that
1-4• to the 1'1JS1n U•er. !ho aircraft vae Mk1llC p94 an 1n4loa\e4 al~
.,..a of 230 lqlb at aa incllcatecl al.Utua.e of 16oo t ..t. After approxl•t•lT
three (3) ainutH at thl• altitde durt:ac vhlch t i • tho olYilta aoten-
tlat, Xr. z. w. li•roth, - • recording hl• cl&ta the aircraft atraclc the
water. ID 111'. 11•roth'• •tatOMDt (Jl:l:bilaU fl.I) ho atatH that he reoordod
the al.titlllle a• 16oo feet vUh the J:oU.- Hal• Ht at 29.929 Be· !Jle
UJO 18! ••thor HqUDoe for J.ae Tep.a repo1"H a M"inc of 29.13• Jig.
!ho arface of tho water a\ thta t i • vaa to pt• tho orw •A.a eMO\h
•• glaH. • I...Uatol.7 a.pon co11tao\ with \ho •tor m'ben two (2),
throe (3) aa4 four (4) •ACinH were ton complete~ off \he atrpl.au.
!he pilo\ 4etooto4 a fin in nllllber ou (1) oncin• at thi• tlao. All
•acill• fu.1 alm\-off Tal•H wen cloaod 1-41at•l7• Aleo a large portion
of tho a1c1n on the "'1Jldera14e oi th• loft vine ha4 'bMD tom off ad the
lot\ horholltal etabilhor ha4 b•• lNa4l7 tviete4 ad \om. An atto11pt
wae M4o to f•Ul•r nllllber one (1) Oll&in.• anc1 all thl'OttlH were cloae&.
!he airplane *1ppo4 ad ga1ao4 appl'Ozl•t•lT 200 to 300 feet after
tho 1nlt1&1 t011Clld.owa. !he pilot ad oo-pllot atatod their ooa'b1ao4
effort• wen roq'llirH to hold \!lo alroatt ad that i t wa• Yi'brattnc
ozcHai-1eJ.7. !he co-pilot•• airapoed vaa ill41catlng 150 lqlb when tho
airplae wae felt to atall. At thia t i • \ho pllot•• aiHJ..4 vae 1a41-
catillg 115 irpb. llO it 1a 'bellno4 too -.ch rolla'bill t7 cuaot 'be placed on
tho ~pilot•• indicated air.peed of 150 mph.
011· the ..co:a4 touchd.ova th• ·all"Pl•• vaa in- a tail lov attitude and
the decolleratlon forcH were not Te17 groat. !he airpla• traveled
approzl•talT 200 to JOO pr.ta 'before i t •topped and the airplane waa
afloat for approzl•talT tvel'H (12) Id.nut•• 'befero it auk.
f
Aoo•rd.lng to '&he ia.ltt.. ter •-'tine uaed bT the pilot and the \
alttaater aettinc at the t i • of the cl'Uh at \he naroat J.'I 1a•t&l- \
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1ation tu ;tilot llho\1ld ba•e .had &Jll!'Niaah~ JOO fHt of altit\lde,

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3. A .f'ire occured 1n Ill qgine when the aircNtt contacted the

water the first tiae. It. waa noticed i..cliatel.7 bJ' the pilot and he
stated i t was rather llmll. At the . _ t i • it was noticed #2, 3
and 4 engine• wre completeq ott the aircraft and the engineer cloMd
the fuel !hut-ott wlftll to all tour enginee. It 1a not known whether
the .f'ire went out at thia t i • or wu extinguished when the airc:r9ft
Jade 1t• 11ecoad contact 111.th the water. The eeconcl contact was approx-
1-tel7 30 seconds aft.er the initial touchdcnrn•

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Statn!pt pt Capt.e1p R, !. "41'9Q.

Toot off at OSSl PS'l', 21 JulJ 1948. We started ascending ...t and

north ot Lake llead, cllabing to 30,000 teet. Upon reaching 30,000 feet w

descended on huding1 or south and ,... .t mtll we puaed owr the north edge
of 1.Ue llead. Started run llOU.th to descent don to 1600 feet indicated.
:rrc. aapa we ccaputecl altitude ot Lake to be below 1200 t ..t. The •tel' . . .

ftJ'7 calll. SUrtace was abaol.utelJ aaootb.· 1 Ti~ ••tiuted altitude

at SO<> feet aboYe tbe Lake wi tb an indicated airapeed ot appraziutelJ.

230 •ph. We struck the nter. The airplaDe ahuttered 8ftel'el.y and w nre
able to lift the airplane off the •ter tor an altitude ot apprarlutelJ
200 r ..t. In the air .. realised 12, 3, and 4 eqine• had been ccapl.•tel)-

torn off the airplane and /I]. •gi.ne .... OD fire. The under aide ot the wing
waa throe oft. The left atablliser wu at least part~ throa oft.
l•U..ted ditch at about 1135 PST.
We cut fuel oft '••diatelJ and feathered th• #1 engine. lt,J airapMd

indicator aa out. Co-pilot later ad'fiaed • our air•pHd • • 150 indioated

and airplane began to •tall. I c11'oppecl the no.., wu able to gain eontrol
nttioient to get the noM up jut l:letore iapaet at appraxillatelJ lSO
iDclicated. The tail struck first, drug in the •ter tor approxia~

200-300 7arda before the no.. -4• t.pact. With the tir•t iapact ot the
tall, the co-pilot and 117..l t opened our hatch••· There • • no time to
warn the •cumer in the rear. Sgt. Bu.nul went out fir•t through 111' .Wair.
Lt. Healer tollOll8d bT Ir. S1-roth 1-ediatel;r nnt out the co-pilot' a
window. I went out the pilot•• wiDdos iaediatelJ beh1Dll Sgt. Burna aDd

cllabed en top ot the airplane, ran to the rear HOtiOD and found the rear
eacape hatch UDder apprarlmatelJ •u_t..t of water• .After •tuping on the
top side.of the airplane we heard Sgt-. Rico traa the center of the tunnel
calling ue tor help.

· I directed Sgt. Buras to iDtlate the left raft and. Lt. Beeler the
right raft and then ude Sf ftJ' forward and eDtered the pilot'• window,
wbil.e the water ,.... at the la.er 1Mlp ~ the pilot'• batch.
Pap 2 or eapte1n ·w1••• , stttwat
Illade 'SS ay to the tunnel aad fOWld Sgt. Rico lying OD hit left tide,
11a&ble to aOYe with hia parachut.. I managed to pull hia out of the tunnel

and otrr,y hia to the co-pilot'• window. By that U.. llr. 51-t'oth ne ·

.1n•14• ud helping ae pu~ Sgt. Rico out the co-pilot'• hatch, while Lt.

Healer and Sgt. Barna alao uabted puttin't Sgt. Rico 1D the raft. There

were no tirat aid Jd te 1D the raft•, ( onl7 bandapa), ao _lfr. Siaeroth, who
.., stlll in the airplane, brought out th• first aid lei t aboYe the
m:ngator•• table. The airplane .., about r..V to nlmarge. Then llr.

Siaeroth got out of the airplane and we 1-diateq tiecl two raft• together
and rOll'ed ott and •tched it •ink. I Htiaate the airplane fioated between
10 and 15 ainute• ..
Sameti• atter n •potted a C•47 fl71DI at hip altitude. We 1-.roed
later that th• C•47 had .triMd Laa Vep• J.irny• ·that a boat appeand iD
di•treH ao tbat the TD air Uur tU:lq oft ehortl7 after aa ubd to

tl;r onr oar po•itim. •• •ilhted TWA DC-3 at appNdate17 1350 PST. ..
•1paled h1a wit.b three maote flare•. Be circled onr our poe1t10D u4
reported we were two lit• raft• iD diatre••· The Lab lead Boat Co. cli••
patched a motor launab and picbd ue up at 1745 PST. We arriftd 'baok at
Boulder Ci't7 at appraxiaateq 1815 PST. Ime41ateq upce aJd.q lu41q •
placed a long 4i•tance telepbooe call to the Dat7 Ottlcer at .lrllitage Piel4.
laJor Baker took the call and I reported airplue 108• 1 all penoanel .ate,

with Sgt. Rico the onl7 one in.funcl with broken left ara.
ImMCliateq thereafter Sgt. Rico .., tabD to tbe Boulder Civ bo8p1tal
where a traoticm eplint ae applied and aorphiDe adllini•tered.
Lt. Celldr. Carr troll .lrllitage Field arr1:nd 1D Bo\llder Cit7 at apprad.•

•teq 0630 Psr, 22 J~
this •tation.
I ~ Ult• to aate part
aboard c:m'lducted th••eln•
~ uDc!ue ezciteaeat.
1948, in a JBB and brouabt back all peraonnel to
or the otticial record• that all peraoimel
coarapom~. At no time did u.rone clieplq
Page ' ot Ctpteip Ill.diam'• §t.atnept •
The purpose or thi• rligbt wa• acientitic reaearch. The lliaaion called
tor tligbt troa aa low an altitude •• eat• to 30 1 000 teat and deacad to

low altitude.
llr. Silleroth, Bureau ot Standard•, •• Mldng light intensity reading•
with change or altitude.

R. II. IUDISCll, Captain, .a..c.

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