ASN Aircraft accident Kaiser-Fraser C-119G Flying Boxcar 53-8102 Huntsville, AL
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Date:Wednesday 29 December 1954
Type:Silhouette image of generic C119 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Kaiser-Fraser C-119G Flying Boxcar
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 53-8102
MSN: 205
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:29 km (18.1 mls) SE of Huntsville, AL (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY), United States of America
Destination airport:Mobile-Brookley AFB, AL (BFM/KBFM), United States of America
Narrative:
The C-119 transport plane crashed on Shin Hook Ridge, killing nine occupants. The two surivors parachuted from the plane when the rear clamshell doors opened during the accident sequence.
Reportedly part of the wing had been torn off in severe weather.

Classification:
Loss of control

Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Rome News-Tribune - Dec 30, 1954


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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN to Mobile-Brookley AFB, AL as the crow flies is 611 km (382 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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