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| Date: | Sunday 11 January 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 50-111 |
| MSN: | 43249 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 40 km SE of Homer, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
| Kodiak Airport, AK (ADQ/PADQ) |
The crew were unable to maintain altitude after two engines had failed. The aircraft struck a Petrof Glacier between the 3000 and 4000 foot level, South of Homer.
The transport plane operated on a supply flight carrying 34,500 pounds of cargo.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
The News and Courier - Jan 13, 1959
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