Estado: | |
Fecha: | martes 20 abril 1954 |
Hora: | 09:30 |
Tipo: | Kaiser-Frazier C-119F Flying Boxcar |
Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registración: | 51-8153 |
Numéro de série: | 156 |
Año de Construcción: | |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 7 / Ocupantes: 7 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 20 km (12.5 milles) NW of Burbank Airport, CA (BUR) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 823 m (2700 feet) amsl |
Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Charleston AFB, SC (CHS/KCHS), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Burbank Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:The C-119 transport plane impacted a fog-obscured ridge on Mission Point (2771 feet high) while on an instrument approach to Burbank.
Fuentes:
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Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)»
The Pittsburgh Press - Apr 20, 1954»
San Bernardino Sun, 21 April 1954
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Map
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 Charleston AFB, SC to Burbank Airport, CA as the crow flies is 3510 km (2194 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.