| Date: | Thursday 8 August 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hilo-General Lynham Field, HI (ITO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU) |
| Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
En route over the Pacific Ocean the no. 1 propeller oversped. The assembly overheated until the prop broke loose, striking the no. 2 propeller. With both engines out the airplane descended. Bags of mail and baggage of the occupants were jettisoned from the airplane in order to lose weight. The airplane continued at a very low altitude over sea, diverting to Hilo, HI, were it arrived after almost six hours.
Sources:
LIFE 19 aug 1957
The Panama American, August 10, 1957
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