ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330568
Date: | Tuesday 14 March 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
Owner/operator: | Republic of China Air Force - ROCAF |
Registration: | 3117 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Linkou -
Taiwan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hsinchu Airport (HSZ/RCPO) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was part of a two-ship formation, carrying elite paratroopers on an exercise.
One of the two planes, 3117, could not maintain the formation, and crashed into Guanyin Mountain.
Sources:
chinatimes.com Scramble
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