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| Date: | Friday 16 January 1953 |
| Time: | 19:37 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-5-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-72558 |
| MSN: | 10663 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km E of Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St. John's Airport, NL (YYT/CYYT) |
| Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT/CYJT) |
Crashed on rocky terrain while on finals to Harmon AFB (YJT).
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Jan 16, 1953
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