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| Date: | Friday 1 September 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-163 |
| MSN: | 10400 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11,3 km NW of Parsons, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY) |
| Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY) |
A Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar transport plane was destroyed in an accident during a routine navigation training mission out of Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN.
Sources:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sep 2, 1950
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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