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| Date: | Wednesday 9 November 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-5891 |
| MSN: | 11058 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1046 km NE off Hickam AFB, Hawaii -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) |
| Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
The Boxcar transport plane suffered a runaway propeller en route over the Pacific Ocean. The crew were not able to feather the prop and bailed out.
Four crew members were rescued.
The airplane operated on a ferry flight to Japan.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The Fayetteville Observer - Nov 10, 1955
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