| Date: | Sunday 8 July 1979 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | N1040E |
| MSN: | 11270 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Casa Grande, AZ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Chandler-Stellar Air Park, AZ (SLJ) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed during a forced, wheels-up landing following engine problems.
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:
NTSB
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