Narrative:
Crashed into a wooded area after takeoff.
The Packet was part of a large airlift carrying Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students from summer training in Corpus Christi, TX., back to Norfolk. The airplane had stopped at Whiting Field to refuel.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 17 July 1953 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Fairchild R4Q-2 Flying Boxcar (C-119F) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131663 |
| MSN: | 10830 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 46 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL (NSE) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL (NSE/KNSE), United States of America |
| Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU), United States of America |
Crashed into a wooded area after takeoff.
The Packet was part of a large airlift carrying Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students from summer training in Corpus Christi, TX., back to Norfolk. The airplane had stopped at Whiting Field to refuel.
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Distance from Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL to Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA as the crow flies is 1199 km (750 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL to Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA as the crow flies is 1199 km (750 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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.
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