Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 MAY 1953 |
| Time: | ca 17:00 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-8235 |
| C/n / msn: | 10783 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Weinheim (Germany)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF), Germany |
| Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF), Germany |
A formation of four C-119's was flying at an altitude of 5000 feet. A US Air Force Republic F-84 Thunderjet flew through the formation and collided with one of the Boxcars. It bounced off and hit another C-119. The F-84 pilot ejected and landed safely by parachute. Both C-119 planes (51-8235 and 51-8241) were lost with seven crew killed and three parachuted so safety. It has not been confirmed if these survivors came from 51-8235 or 51-8241.
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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.
