ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334151
| Date: | Thursday 16 October 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1017 |
| MSN: | 43926 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cape Hallett Bay -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Christchurch International Airport (CHC/NZCH) |
| McMurdo Station-Williams Field (NZWD) |
Crashed into a 3200 feet mountain near Cape Hallett Bay. Navigational errors were made during this air-drop mission over Antarctica.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix - Oct 16, 1958
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