ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334491
| Date: | Monday 22 April 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-5930 |
| MSN: | 11109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km S of Yawata -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ashiya Air Base (RJFA) |
The C-119 transport aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain near Yawata, Japan. A Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw search helicopter crashed in the same area, killing one of the three occupants.
Sources:
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Apr 22, 1957
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