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| Date: | Friday 7 March 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild R4Q-1 Flying Boxcar (C-119C) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 128741 |
| MSN: | 10570 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3117 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 5 km off Okinawa-Naha AFB (AHA) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Subic Bay International Airport (SFS/RPLB) |
| Okinawa-Naha AFB (AHA) |
The R4Q transport aircraft was returning from a successful mission in the Philippines, accompanied by a Douglas AD-6 Skyraider (135350). Both aircraft an instrument approach into Okinawa-Naha AFB. Apparently the AD-6 had communication or navigation problems and elected to fly wing on the R4Q during the approach. Both planes collided and crashed in the Pacific Ocean.
Sources:
Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar / Alwyn T. Lloyd, 2005
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