Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 JUN 1951 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-119C-17-FA Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-0192 |
| C/n / msn: | 10429 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) SW of Jackson, TN (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY), United States of America |
| Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK/KTIK), United States of America |
Crashed during a rainstorm. Three crew members parachuted to safety.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN to Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK as the crow flies is 976 km (610 miles).
Distance from Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN to Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK as the crow flies is 976 km (610 miles).
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.
