Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 SEP 1955 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 50-0097 |
| C/n / msn: | 43235 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 13 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 69 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM (ABQ) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM (KIKR), United States of America |
| Riverside-March AFB, CA (RIV/KRIV), United States of America |
Crashed during takeoff in strong crosswind.
Sources:
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Distance from Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM to Riverside-March AFB, CA as the crow flies is 978 km (611 miles).
Distance from Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM to Riverside-March AFB, CA as the crow flies is 978 km (611 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.
