Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
Status:
Date:10 AUG 1955
Type:Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 53-3222
C/n / msn: 11238
First flight:
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-3350
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Total:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 47
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Edelweiler (Germany) show on map
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS), Germany
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A flight of nine USAF planes departed Echterdingen on a training mission with troops. Initial reports said that one C-119 developed engine trouble at an altitude of 4,000 feet. The plane lost altitude momentarily, then pulled up abruptly, striking another C-119 aircraft in the formation. Both Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcars (53-3222 and 53-7841) crashed.

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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.
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