Date: | Friday 21 April 1950 |
Time: | 23:25 |
Type: | Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 42-72704 |
MSN: | 10809 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 34 km SW of Tachikawa Air Base -
Japan
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA/RODN) |
Destination airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
Narrative:The Skymaster was on a flight from Clark Air Base to Tachikawa Air Base in Japan with an enroute stop at Okinawa-Kadena AFB. During the last leg of the flight, the crew reported overhead the O-Shima radio range station and were cleared to descend to 5000 feet. In fact the plane was some 40 km south-west of O-Shima. The crew descended over mountainous terrain until the airplane flew into the side of Mount Hirugatake, a 1279 m high mountain which is located near Mount Fuji.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
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