Date:	Sunday 24 September 1961
Time:
Type:	Fairchild C-123B-9-FA Provider
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	54-672
MSN:	20121
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM) -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM)
Destination airport:	Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM)

Narrative:
During an air show at Wilmington, NC, a US Air Force C-123 Provider took off. Six skydivers were on board for a jump. Shortly after becoming airborne, at a height of about 300 feet, the airplane appeared to stall. It crashed and caught fire.

Sky diver plane crackup kills three at air show (Modesto Bee And News-Herald, 1961-09-25)

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