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| Date: | Friday 26 October 1956 |
| Time: | 15:18 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-8026 |
| MSN: | 10769 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km N of Newburg, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY) |
| Harrisburg-Olmsted AFB, PA (MDT/KMDT) |
The C-119 flew into the side of a mountain and caught fire.
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