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| Date: | Saturday 4 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild R4Q-2 Flying Boxcar (C-119F) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 131703 |
| MSN: | 10888 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1171 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Fort Lauderdale, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Miami MCAS, FL (OPF/KOPF) |
| Miami MCAS, FL (OPF/KOPF) |
The R4Q-2 Packet transport plane took off on a routine training flight. They were on a normal climb out just passing Ft. Lauderdale when an engine fire ensued. All bailed out but two didn't survive the bailout: Student Capt. Pete Looney and a Master Sargent.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos
Milton Thompson (E-mail, 18-1-2014)
Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar / Alwyn T. Lloyd, 2005
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