Date:	Saturday 18 January 1958
Time:
Type:	Douglas R5D Skymaster (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,6 km from Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA) -   Japan
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA/RODN)
Destination airport:	Wake Island Airfield (AWK/PWAK)

Narrative:
On departure from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, the U.S. Navy R5D experienced a failed engine immediately after takeoff. The plane struck a hillside, a mile from the runway. All 31 on board survived. Two suffered burn injuries.

Charleston Evening Post, Saturday 18 January 1958, page 2-A.
Desert Sun 18 January 1958, p1

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