Narrative:
A Douglas C-124C Globemaster II military transport plane was sent from its home base Hunter AFB, GA to Spain. It was transporting two buses for a search mission on the southern Spanish coast. A search party was looking for a U.S. nuclear bomb that came down following the mid-air collision of a B-52G bomber and a KC-135 tanker plane.
The Globemaster went missing on a flight from Morón Air Base, Spain to Murcia-San Javier Airport (MJV). The wreckage was later discovered on the side of 11,423-foot Pico Mulhacen in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Herald-Journal - Feb 15, 1966
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 12 February 1966 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-0980 |
| MSN: | 43889 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 28 km (17.5 mls) SE of Granada ( Spain)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Morón Air Base (OZP/LEMO), Spain |
| Murcia-San Javier Airport (MJV/LELC), Spain |
A Douglas C-124C Globemaster II military transport plane was sent from its home base Hunter AFB, GA to Spain. It was transporting two buses for a search mission on the southern Spanish coast. A search party was looking for a U.S. nuclear bomb that came down following the mid-air collision of a B-52G bomber and a KC-135 tanker plane.
The Globemaster went missing on a flight from Morón Air Base, Spain to Murcia-San Javier Airport (MJV). The wreckage was later discovered on the side of 11,423-foot Pico Mulhacen in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Herald-Journal - Feb 15, 1966
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Morón Air Base to Murcia-San Javier Airport as the crow flies is 426 km (266 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Morón Air Base to Murcia-San Javier Airport as the crow flies is 426 km (266 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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