Date:	Saturday 4 February 1956
Time:
Type:	Fairchild R4Q-2 Flying Boxcar (C-119F)
Owner/operator:	United States Marine Corps
Registration:	131703
MSN:	10888
Year of manufacture:	1953
Total airframe hrs:	1171 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Fort Lauderdale, FL -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Miami MCAS, FL (OPF/KOPF)
Destination airport:	Miami MCAS, FL (OPF/KOPF)

Narrative:
The R4Q-2 Packet transport plane took off on a routine training flight. They were on a normal climb out just passing Ft. Lauderdale when an engine fire ensued. All bailed out but two didn't survive the bailout: Student Capt. Pete Looney and a Master Sargent.

US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos
Milton Thompson (E-mail, 18-1-2014)
Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar / Alwyn T. Lloyd, 2005

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