Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 SEP 1957 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-5173 |
| C/n / msn: | 43583 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Moses Lake-Larson AFB, WA (LRN), United States of America |
| Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM/KBGM), United States of America |
The C-124 was transporting 40,000 lb of equipment to Binghamton. On final approach, just before touchdown, the airplane struck an embankment and crashed on the runway.
Sources:
» Plane from Moses Lake falls short (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 1957-09-05)
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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.
