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| Date: | Thursday 18 June 1953 |
| Time: | 16:34 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-137 |
| MSN: | 43471 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 129 / Occupants: 129 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,6 km NE of Tachikawa Air Base -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
| Osan Air Base (OSN/RKSO) |
Visibility was 2,5 miles as the Douglas Globemaster transporter took off from Tachikawa AB, Japan, bound for Korea. Shortly after takeoff an engine failed. The pilot radioed "One engine out, returning to field for GCA landing". While on approach back to the air base, an improper use of flaps caused a loss of airspeed. Control was lost and the airplane crashed into a watermelon patch, broke up and caught fire.
Sources:
Worst Crash (Time, 29-6-1953)
AIR FORCE Magazine / July 2013
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