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| Date: | Wednesday 24 June 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada CV-2B Caribou (DHC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army |
| Registration: | 62-4196 |
| MSN: | 142 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km NE of Ridgeway, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Several planes were involved in Exercise Hawk Star I. A landing strip was set up on a rolling, downhill pasture near Ridgeway, SC. During a night takeoff, the Caribou lost power on one engine. It swerved into a grove of trees, then settled in flames against a fence. Several soldiers were repairing the fence at the time and were hit by the plane.
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DeHavilland Caribou Roster
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