Date:	Monday 17 November 1952
Time:	14:30
Type:	Fairchild C-119C-25-FA Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	51-2590
MSN:	10579
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 16
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	19 km NW of Billings, MT -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Edmonton (unknown airport), AB
Destination airport:	Denver (unknown airport), CO

Narrative:
A Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar transport plane was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Billings, MT. Eight occupants were killed, eight survived.
The airplane was en route from Edmonton to Denver when it developed engine problems. At 9000 feet a propeller failed, puncturing the fuselage. Vibrations caused the no. 1 engine to break loose from its mountings. The pilot carried out a crash-landing and the C-119 bounced across a ditch before coming to rest in a muddy field.

Helena Independent Record 18-11-1952
Legion to honor '52 crash victims (Billings Gazette 25-4-2007)
St. Petersburg Times - Nov 18, 1952

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