Accident description
Last updated: 20 August 2018
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 April 1954 |
| Type: |  Kaiser-Frazier C-119F Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-8153 |
| C/n / msn: | 156 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 20 km (12.5 mls) NW of Burbank Airport, CA (BUR) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chandler-Williams AFB, AZ (CHD/KIWA), United States of America |
| Burbank Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR), United States of America |
The C-119 transport plane impacted a fog-obscured ridge on Mission Point (2771 feet high) while on an instrument approach to Burbank.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)» The Pittsburgh Press - Apr 20, 1954
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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 Chandler-Williams AFB, AZ to Burbank Airport, CA as the crow flies is 623 km (390 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Chandler-Williams AFB, AZ to Burbank Airport, CA as the crow flies is 623 km (390 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.
