Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 APR 1959 |
| Type: | Douglas C-118A |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-3250 |
| C/n / msn: | 44621/554 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) from Orting, WA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM), United States of America |
| ? |
Crashed in brush-covered hills after suffering an in-flight emergency situation.
Events:
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
