Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 10 JUN 1978 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | Hawkins & Powers Aviation |
| Registration: | N3560 |
| C/n / msn: | 10957 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) NE of Greybull, WY (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Greybull-South Big Horn County Airport, WY (GEY), United States of America |
| Greybull-South Big Horn County Airport, WY (GEY), United States of America |
The no. 2 engine had a runaway propeller shortly after departing Greybull for a test flight. A belly landing was carried out.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined." Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Greybull-South Big Horn County Airport, WY to Greybull-South Big Horn County Airport, WY as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Greybull-South Big Horn County Airport, WY to Greybull-South Big Horn County Airport, WY as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
