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| Date: | Monday 11 May 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-8090 |
| MSN: | 10984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 47 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seale, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA (LSF/KLSF) |
A Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar force landed in a hilly cotton field after one engine failed. The aircraft was on its way to drop 43 student skydivers over the Fryar Field drop zone.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun 12 May 1964, p2
Cullman Times Democrat May 12,1964
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