Estado: | |
Fecha: | sábado 8 enero 1966 |
Tipo: | Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registración: | 51-2611 |
Numéro de série: | 10600 |
Año de Construcción: | |
Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 3 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 3 |
VÃctimas en Tierra: | Fatalidades: 1 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | cerca Scranton, PA ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM/KBGM), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción: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.
Fuentes:
» Cargo plane strikes home killing three (Gettysburg Times, 1966-01-10)
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Fotos
accident date:
08-01-1966type: 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).
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.