Last updated: 6 July 2020
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 22 April 1957 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 4 km (2.5 mls) S of Yawata ( Japan)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ashiya Air Base (RJFA), Japan |
| ? |
The C-119 transport aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain near Yawata, Japan. A Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw search helicopter crashed in the same area, injuring the three occupants.
Sources:
» Spokane Daily Chronicle - Apr 22, 1957» The Aviation Forum thread [Accident Report] JASDF aircraft accidents in 1965 to 2005 in Japan
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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.
