Estado: | |
Fecha: | viernes 6 febrero 1970 |
Hora: | 02:15 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-133B Cargomaster |
Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registración: | 59-0530 |
Numéro de série: | 45581 |
Año de Construcción: | 1960 |
Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney T34-P-9W |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 8 km (5 milles) NNE of Palisade, NE ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Harrisburg International Airport, PA (MDT/KMDT), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:An existing 11" crack above the left side door propagated catastrophically, resulting in tearing of the upper forward fuselage skin for about 17". An explosive decompression caused large skin sections from the top and right side of the fuselage to be torn away. The airplane crashed in flames.
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Distance from Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA to Harrisburg International Airport, PA as the crow flies is 3828 km (2392 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.