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| Date: | Wednesday 16 January 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C-16-FA Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-172 |
| MSN: | 10409 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km SE off Pohang -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Seoul (K-16) Air Base (SSN/RKSM) |
On a routine resupply mission to Seoul Air Base (K-16), the airplane suffered a possible prop blade failure.
Both engines separated from aircraft in flight, and the Flying Boxcar crashed into the sea off Pohang (K-3).
Sources:
Thomas Brügge
Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)
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