Narrative:
Crashed into Mt. McKinley. The airplane was on a flight to the Big Delta in the Interior as part of Exercise Warmwind.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 7 November 1952 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C-22-FA Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2560 |
| MSN: | 10518 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Mt. McKinley, AK ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED), United States of America |
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Crashed into Mt. McKinley. The airplane was on a flight to the Big Delta in the Interior as part of Exercise Warmwind.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
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Fairchild C-119
- 1185 built
- 27th loss
- 16th fatal accident
- The worst accident (at the time)
- 14th worst accident (currently)
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