Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 MAR 1951 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-119B Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 48-0345 |
| C/n / msn: | 10327 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) S of Hongchon (South Korea) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Right engine fell off, crash landed. A USMC HTL-4 helicopter participated in the successful SAR effort.
Sources:
» Thomas Brügge
» Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
