Accident description
Last updated: 23 June 2018
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Sunday 8 July 1979 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | N1040E |
| C/n / msn: | 11270 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Wright R-3350 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Casa Grande, AZ ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Chandler-Stellar Air Park, AZ (SLJ), United States of America |
| ? |
Crashed during a forced, wheels-up landing following engine problems.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
powerplant - engine structure: master and connecting rods
powerplant - engine structure: piston,piston rings
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
FACTOR(S)
miscellaneous acts,conditions - intentional wheels-up
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-1 engine
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on land
Sources:
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