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| Date: | Wednesday 15 October 1958 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-6-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | USAF CT |
| Registration: | 54-0614 |
| MSN: | 20063 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | North Babylon, LI, NY (Zahn's Airport) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Robins AFB, GA |
| Mitchel Field, LI, NY |
Crash on on Southern State Parkway at night while attempting an emergency landing at Zahn's Field (North Amityville) due to fuel exhaustion. Landed a half-mile short, collided with three cars, killing one driver. Six others injured.
Sources:
https://mitchelfield.weebly.com/crashes-56-61.html
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-fairchild-c-123b-6-fa-provider-mitchel-afb-1-killed
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1954.html
La Nacion 17 October 1958, p18/21 October 1958, p1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/27862259@N02/6097573484/in/photostream/
Hamburger Abendblatt 16.10.1958, p20
Youngstown Vindicator 16 October 1958, p1+16
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2011 10:29 | ThW | Added |
| 09-Mar-2012 09:47 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jul-2012 14:03 | TB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2017 20:32 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Feb-2017 20:58 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Dec-2017 20:48 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Dec-2017 20:48 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 20-Feb-2024 19:58 | GregAmy | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2024 19:58 | ASN | Updated [Operator, ] |
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