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| Date: | Tuesday 20 April 1954 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Kaiser-Frazier C-119F Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-8153 |
| MSN: | 156 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 20 km NW of Burbank Airport, CA (BUR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Charleston AFB, SC (CHS/KCHS) |
| Burbank Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR) |
The C-119 transport plane impacted a fog-obscured ridge on Mission Point (2771 feet high) while on an instrument approach to Burbank.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The Pittsburgh Press - Apr 20, 1954
San Bernardino Sun, 21 April 1954
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