ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334939
| Date: | Thursday 3 March 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-7995 |
| MSN: | 10734 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hagerstown-Wash. County Regional Airport, MD (HGR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ardmore AFB, OK (ADM/KADM) |
| Hagerstown-Wash. County Regional Airport, MD (HGR/KHGR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Landed short of the runway, bounced and the right landing gear collapsed when it retouched the runway. The aircraft skidded down and off the runway to within 40 feet of six new C-119. It caught fire approximately five minutes after the crash and was totally destroyed.
Sources:
Thomas Brügge
Ardmore Air Force Base 1953-59 and the Southern Oklahoma Area
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