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| Date: | Monday 5 August 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 km S of Spartanburg, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Greenville-Donaldson AFB, SC (GDC/KGYH) |
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar lost power in one engine while on its way to Greenville-Donaldson Air Force Base. The crew jettisoned the load as the aircraft could not maintain altitude. The aircraft descended and force landed. The five crewmen sustained minor injuries.
Sources:
Desert Sun 8 August 1963, p10
Florence Morning News August 6,1963
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