Date: | Tuesday 9 February 1954 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild C-119C-21-FA Flying Boxcar |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 50-163 |
MSN: | 10481 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Cáceres -
Spain
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
Narrative:The C-119C transport aircraft was en route from Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany to the U.S. via the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. An engine failed while on the flight leg to the Azores. The flight crew attempted to divert to Madrid, but they ran out of fuel. The crew bailed out and the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher ABC (Sevilla) 10 February 1954, p9
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 9 February 1954, p1
Images:
photo (c) Pablo Romero Montesino; Cáceres; 10 February 1954
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