Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 DEC 1953 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Newton Falls, OH (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY), United States of America |
| Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY), United States of America |
The Flying Boxcar crashed in a wooded area and burned. One of the crew members was able to bail out at a height of approx. 200 ft.
Sources:
» Newton Falls Herald, 10-12-1953
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Distance from Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN to Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN to Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
