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| Date: | Saturday 18 January 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R5D Skymaster (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km from Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA/RODN) |
| Wake Island Airfield (AWK/PWAK) |
On departure from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, the U.S. Navy R5D experienced a failed engine immediately after takeoff. The plane struck a hillside, a mile from the runway. All 31 on board survived. Two suffered burn injuries.
Sources:
Charleston Evening Post, Saturday 18 January 1958, page 2-A.
Desert Sun 18 January 1958, p1
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