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| Date: | Tuesday 19 December 1950 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54E-5-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-9096 |
| MSN: | 27322 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mt. Tabayoc -
 Philippines
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Naha AFB (AHA) |
| Angeles City-Clark Air Base (CRK/RPMK) |
The Skymaster was en route from Japan to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Some 150 km north of Clark AB, the airplane was flying IFR at an altitude of 8000 feet.
It crossed mountainous terrain and flew into the side of Mt. Tabayoc (height: 9322 feet).
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
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