Date:	Friday 17 November 1961
Time:
Type:	Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator:	Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI
Registration:	MM52-6014
MSN:	10911
Engine model:	Wright R-3350
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Kalungwi village -   Tanzania
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN)
Destination airport:	Léopoldville-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA)

Narrative:
Engine problems forced the pilot to carry out an emergency landing. After touchdown one undercarriage leg collapsed after running through a hole. The airplane yawed and struck the ground, destroying the cockpit.
The airplane operated in on a United Nations support flight from Pisa, Italy to Léopoldville-N'Djili Airport (FIH), Congo (now Kinshasa).

Fairchild C-82 and C-119 / Alwyn T. Lloyd, Aerofax, 2005
L'Unità 21 November 1961

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