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| Date: | Thursday 24 October 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Kaiser-Frazer C-119J Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-8127 |
| MSN: | KMC-130 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tinker AFB, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK/KTIK) |
| Rantoul-Chanute AFB, IL (KTIP) |
Crashed in a field in a suburb of Oklahoma City and exploded shortly after take-off after reported one engine went dead.
Sources:
Madera Tribune 25 October 1957, p1
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 25 October 1957, p26
Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite October 25,195
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