Narrative:
En route from Bradley Field to Binghampton, the Flying Boxcar suffered an uncontained engine failure. The crew decided to bail out. The first crew member got out at an altitude of about 2000 feet. The captain and co-pilot were not able to get out in time. The airplane descended and crashed into a lakefront house, also killing a boy on the ground.
Loss of control
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
accident date: 08-01-1966
type: Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar
registration: 51-2611
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 8 January 1966 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2611 |
| MSN: | 10600 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Scranton, PA ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL), United States of America |
| Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM/KBGM), United States of America |
En route from Bradley Field to Binghampton, the Flying Boxcar suffered an uncontained engine failure. The crew decided to bail out. The first crew member got out at an altitude of about 2000 feet. The captain and co-pilot were not able to get out in time. The airplane descended and crashed into a lakefront house, also killing a boy on the ground.
Classification:
Uncontained engine failure Loss of control
Sources:
» Cargo plane strikes home killing three (Gettysburg Times, 1966-01-10)» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Photos
accident date: 08-01-1966
type: Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar
registration: 51-2611
Map
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 Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT to Binghamton Airport, NY as the crow flies is 272 km (170 miles).
Distance from Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT to Binghamton Airport, NY as the crow flies is 272 km (170 miles).
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