Incident Overview
Date: Monday 1 July 1957
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 53-3221
Location: Athens Airport (ATH) –
ÿ Greece
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: C-119 transport plane’s propeller.C-119 transport plane’s propeller.
Category: Accident
A C-119 transport plane experienced a prop overspeed during takeoff, resulting in a crash-landing between a taxiway and the runway on Summer 1958. A DC-3 aircraft obstructed the runway.A C-119 transport plane experienced a prop overspeed during takeoff, resulting in a crash-landing between a taxiway and the runway on Summer 1958. A DC-3 aircraft obstructed the runway.
Description
The C-119 transport plane suffered a prop overspeed after take-off. The aircraft returned for landing but crash-landed between a taxiway and the runway because a DC-3 blocked the runway. Date given as Summer 1958.
Source of Information
http://www.ruudleeuw.com/c119-33221-crash.htm, http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.htmlhttp://www.ruudleeuw.com/c119-33221-crash.htm, http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.htmlPrimary Cause
DC-3 aircraft obstruction of the runway during takeoff.DC-3 aircraft obstruction of the runway during takeoff.Share on:
