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| Date: | Wednesday 10 April 1963 |
| Time: | 16:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-133B Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-0523 |
| MSN: | 45574 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney T34-P-9W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,2 km NE of Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU) |
| Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU) |
Crashed 3/4 mile from Travis while making practice instrument approach to runway 21L during local training. It was initiating a low visibility circling approach when it went into a steep turn and crashed.
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