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| Date: | Sunday 30 April 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-133B Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-0534 |
| MSN: | 45585 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney T34-P-9W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km E off Okinawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA/RODN) |
| Midway Islands NAS |
A Douglas C-133B-DL Cargomaster transport plane en route from Okinawa to Midway Island, sank after ditching off shore from Okinawa, Japan. All nine crew members survived.
After takeoff and climb to 12,450 feet, the number four propeller began to malfunction. The pilots shut the engine down, feathered the prop, and turned back toward Okinawas Kadena Air Base.
While on approach the propeller control and propeller power circuit failed, causing a fixed pitch condition leading to engine flameout of all three remaining engines at 2500 feet. A ditching was carried out and the airplane broke in half.
Sources:
The Curse of the Cargomaster / Air & Space Magazine Sept. 2010
Images:
photo (c) USAF; off Okinawa; 30 April 1967
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