Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 MAR 1965 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1075 |
| C/n / msn: | 43984 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Cordova, MD (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV), United States of America |
| Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV), United States of America |
The starboard wing failed outside the no. 4 engine. Control was lost and the airplane crashed in a wooded gully.
Events:
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Dover AFB, DE to Dover AFB, DE as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Dover AFB, DE to Dover AFB, DE 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.
