Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 3 April 1956
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 52-5944
Location: 32 km S of Saijo –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: C-119 transport planeC-119 transport plane
Category: Accident
A C-119 transport plane disappeared during a flight from Tachikawa Air Base to Ashiya Air Base, Japan. US Air Force investigators located wreckage on a mountain peak at an altitude of 6100 feet.A C-119 transport plane disappeared during a flight from Tachikawa Air Base to Ashiya Air Base, Japan. US Air Force investigators located wreckage on a mountain peak at an altitude of 6100 feet.
Description
A C-119 transport plane went missing during a flight from Tachikawa Air Base to Ashiya Air Base, both in Japan. The US Air Force reportedly located the wreckage on a mountain peak at an altitude of 6100 feet.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nAQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y4oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5154%2C3501792https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nAQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y4oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5154%2C3501792Primary Cause
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