| Date: | Wednesday 15 February 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM52-6011 |
| MSN: | 10869 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Luluabourg -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luluabourg Airport (KGA/FZUA) |
Number one engine failure; crashed.
The city of Luluabourg is now called Kananga.
Sources:
Fairchild C-82 and C-119 / Alwyn T. Lloyd, Aerofax, 2005
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