ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild C-119C-16-FA Flying Boxcar 49-172 Pohang
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Status:
Date:Wednesday 16 January 1952
Type:Silhouette image of generic C119 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fairchild C-119C-16-FA Flying Boxcar
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 49-172
MSN: 10409
First flight:
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:32 km (20 mls) SE off Pohang (   South Korea)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Seoul (K-16) Air Base (SSN/RKSM), South Korea
Narrative:
On a routine resupply mission to Seoul Air Base (K-16), the airplane suffered a possible prop blade failure.
Both engines separated from aircraft in flight, and the Flying Boxcar crashed into the sea off Pohang (K-3).

Classification:
Engine separation
Loss of control

Sources:
» Thomas Brügge
» Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)


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