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| Date: | Friday 9 September 1966 |
| Time: | 19:35 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-7838 |
| MSN: | 11255 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km W of San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF/KSKF) |
| San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF/KSKF) |
A C-119 transport plane of the 433rd Troop Carrier Wing crashed while a local training mission with two similar aircraft. They were to practice a simulated drop of supplies at Hondo, Texas, 55 km to the west of the San Antonio-Kelly Air Force Base.
The aircraft impacted terrain shortly after departure, broke up and burst into flames.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocate 11 September 1966, p5A
San Antonio Light September 10,1966
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