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| Date: | Monday 1 July 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-3221 |
| MSN: | 11237 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Athens Airport (ATH) -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
The C-119 transport plane suffered a prop overspeed after take-off. The aircraft returned for landing but crash-landed between a taxiway and the runway because a DC-3 blocked the runway. Date given as Summer 1958.
Sources:
ruudleeuw.com
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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