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| Date: | Friday 19 March 1954 |
| Time: | 22:29 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-7993 |
| MSN: | 10732 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Lothian, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Washington-Bolling AFB, DC (BOF/KBOF) |
| Hempstead Plains-Mitchell Field, NY |
Crashed while attempting night VFR flight in instrument conditions.
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