Narrative:
Crash-landing after engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. The four crew members survived.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 18 April 1955 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2648 |
| MSN: | 10637 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Ghisonaccia Field, Corsica ( France)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Ghisonaccia-Alzitone Airfield (LFKG), France |
Crash-landing after engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. The four crew members survived.
Sources:
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