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| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123B-9-FA Provider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-672 |
| MSN: | 20121 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM) |
| Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM) |
During an air show at Wilmington, NC, a US Air Force C-123 Provider took off. Six skydivers were on board for a jump. Shortly after becoming airborne, at a height of about 300 feet, the airplane appeared to stall. It crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
Sky diver plane crackup kills three at air show (Modesto Bee And News-Herald, 1961-09-25)
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