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| Date: | Wednesday 4 September 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-5173 |
| MSN: | 43583 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Moses Lake-Larson AFB, WA (LRN) |
| Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM/KBGM) |
The C-124 was transporting 40,000 lb of equipment to Binghamton. On final approach, just before touchdown, the airplane struck an embankment and crashed on the runway.
Sources:
Plane from Moses Lake falls short (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 1957-09-05)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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