Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 JUN 1969 |
| Type: | Douglas R5D-2 (DC-4) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 50852 |
| C/n / msn: | 10429 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | China Lake NAF, CA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Los Alamitos NAS, CA (KSLI), United States of America |
| China Lake NAF, CA, United States of America |
Nosewheel collapsed on landing; damaged beyond repair.
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.
