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| Date: | Saturday 5 March 1960 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  Kaiser-Frazer C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-8152 |
| MSN: | KMC-255 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,2 km SE off Botricello -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
| Napoli-Capodichino Airport (NAP/LIRN) |
The C-119 made a forced landing on the beach near Botricello after a runaway propeller. The slope of the beach caused it to veer into the water where the tide destroyed it overnight. The crew was able to escape over the top of the airplane and swim the few yards to shore.
Sources:
Chuck Lunsford (e-mail 2-3-2008)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Photographs and USAF accident report; Oral statement and written statement by the copilot.
Images:
photo (c) Antonio Alberto; Botricello; March 1960
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