| Date: | Saturday 5 July 1980 |
| Time: | 12:08 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | Gifford Aviation |
| Registration: | N90268 |
| MSN: | 11219 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | King Salmon Airport, AK (AKN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN) |
| King Salmon Airport, AK (AKN/PAKN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
No. 1 engine fire warning on landing; the left hand wingtip then exploded.
The aircraft was scrapped after the accident. Both engines were salvaged but the rest of the aircraft was cut up.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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