Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 APR 1963 |
| Time: | 16:12 PST |
| Type: | Douglas C-133B-DL Cargomaster |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-0523 |
| C/n / msn: | 45574 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney T34-P-9W |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,2 km (0.8 mls) NE of Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU), United States of America |
| Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU), United States of America |
Crashed 3/4 mile from Travis while making practice instrument approach to runway 21L during local training. It was initiating a low visibility circling approach when it went into a steep turn and crashed.
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Distance from Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA to Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA to Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
