ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-124C Globemaster II 52-0991 Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB)
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Date:Wednesday 27 April 1955
Type:Silhouette image of generic c124 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 52-0991
MSN: 43900
First flight:
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB) (   Canada)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Churchill Airport, MB (YYQ/CYYQ), Canada
Destination airport:Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB), Canada
Narrative:
Landed short of the runway and broke up.

Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher


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Distance from Churchill Airport, MB to Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU as the crow flies is 1451 km (907 miles).

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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