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| Date: | Thursday 5 February 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 48-0346 |
| MSN: | 10328 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km S of Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK) |
| Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK) |
The aircraft crashed and burned on a test flight after overhaul. All three civilian crew members were killed.
Sources:
Pitsburgh Post-Gazette 6 February 1959, p1
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