Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 JUL 1953 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: | Fairchild R4Q-2 Packet (C-119F) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131663 |
| C/n / msn: | 10830 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 46 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL (NSE) (United States of America)
 |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL (NSE), United States of America |
| Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU), United States of America |
Crashed into a wooded area after takeoff.
The Packet was part of a large airlift carrying Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students from summer training in Corpus Christi, TX., back to Norfolk. The airplane had stopped at Whiting Field to refuel.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Photos
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 Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL to Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA as the crow flies is 1199 km (750 miles).
Distance from Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL to Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA as the crow flies is 1199 km (750 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.
languages:
United States of America
Share
Fairchild C-119
United States of America- 11th worst accident (at the time)
- 70th worst accident (currently)