Narrative:
The starboard wing failed outside the no. 4 engine. Control was lost and the airplane crashed in a wooded gully.
Loss of control
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 24 March 1965 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1075 |
| MSN: | 43984 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Cordova, MD ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV), United States of America |
| Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV), United States of America |
The starboard wing failed outside the no. 4 engine. Control was lost and the airplane crashed in a wooded gully.
Classification:
Wing failureLoss of control
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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