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| Date: | Friday 6 March 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild R4Q Flying Boxcar (C-119) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 131697 |
| MSN: | 10882 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km from Cherry Point MCAS, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU) |
| Cherry Point MCAS, NC (KNKT) |
Crashed while flying an IMC approach at night in a driving rainstorm. One occupant survived with critical injuries.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 7 March 1959, p2-A
The Free Lance-Star 6 March 1959, p3
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