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| Date: | Friday 6 December 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Norwegian Air Force - RNoAF |
| Registration: | 12695/BW-E |
| MSN: | 10684 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Røros Airport (RRS) -
 Norway
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Røros Airport (RRS/ENRO) |
The Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar transport plane, coded BW-E, came in too low while landing at Røros Airport (RRS), Norway. The left hand main gear struck the ground some 13 m short of the runway. The gear collapsed and the airplane the slid off the side of the runway.
Sources:
Fairchild C-82 and C-119 / Alwyn T. Lloyd, Aerofax, 2005
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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