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| Date: | Wednesday 26 November 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Kaiser-Frazer C-119J Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-8122 |
| MSN: | KMC-125 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,3 km E off New York-Floyd Bennett Field, NY (NOP) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| New York-Floyd Bennett Field, NY (NOP/KNOP) |
The Air National Guard C-119 plane crashed in Jamaica Bay during a radar directed approach to land. Visibility was limited due to rain and fog.
Sources:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 27 November 1958,
Schenectady Gazette 27 November 1958, p1
Syracuse Post Standard November 27,1958
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