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| Date: | Friday 6 February 1970 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-133B Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-0530 |
| MSN: | 45581 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney T34-P-9W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km NNE of Palisade, NE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU) |
| Harrisburg International Airport, PA (MDT/KMDT) |
An existing 11" crack above the left side door propagated catastrophically, resulting in tearing of the upper forward fuselage skin for about 17". An explosive decompression caused large skin sections from the top and right side of the fuselage to be torn away. The airplane crashed in flames.
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