Incident Overview
Date: Friday 14 November 1952
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119C-22-FA Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 51-2551
Location: near Cho-ok –
ÿ South Korea
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44
Component Affected: C-119 aircraftC-119 aircraft
Category: Accident
A C-119 aircraft carrying U.S. servicemen returned to Korea following a rest leave in Japan. The aircraft entered a 2000-foot hill approximately 20 miles east of Seoul.A C-119 aircraft carrying U.S. servicemen returned to Korea following a rest leave in Japan. The aircraft entered a 2000-foot hill approximately 20 miles east of Seoul.
Description
The US Air Force C-119 carried U.S. servicemen back to Korea after a rest leave in Japan. The airplane flew into a 2000-ft hill, 20 miles east of Seoul.
Source of Information
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/Primary Cause
Possible navigational error or misjudgment of terrain.Possible navigational error or misjudgment of terrain.Share on:
