Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 12 October 1950
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119B-10-FA Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 49-105
Location: Ashiya Air Base –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Aircraft instrumentation system (specifically, the approach guidance system).Aircraft instrumentation system (specifically, the approach guidance system).
Category: Accident
An aircraft originating from Korea experienced an instrument approach failure during landing, resulting in a crash.An aircraft originating from Korea experienced an instrument approach failure during landing, resulting in a crash.
Description
Crashed during an instrument approach. The airplane came from Korea.
Source of Information
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/Primary Cause
Instrument failure during approach.Instrument failure during approach.Share on:
