Narrative:
On a routine resupply mission to Seoul Air Base (K-16), the airplane suffered a possible prop blade failure.
Both engines separated from aircraft in flight, and the Flying Boxcar crashed into the sea off Pohang (K-3).
Loss of control
» Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 16 January 1952 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C-16-FA Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-172 |
| MSN: | 10409 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) SE off Pohang ( South Korea)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Seoul (K-16) Air Base (SSN/RKSM), South Korea |
On a routine resupply mission to Seoul Air Base (K-16), the airplane suffered a possible prop blade failure.
Both engines separated from aircraft in flight, and the Flying Boxcar crashed into the sea off Pohang (K-3).
Classification:
Engine separationLoss of control
Sources:
» Thomas Brügge» Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)
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