Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 5 June 1965
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 51-2680
Location: off Crooked Island, Bahamas –
ÿ Atlantic Ocean
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: C-119 aircraft engine.C-119 aircraft engine.
Category: Accident
A Flying Boxcar, a C-119 aircraft, was dispatched to Grand Turk following a C-119 stranded on Grand Turk. It failed to arrive at its destination, and its last radio transmission was received near Crooked Island, approximately 177 miles from Grand Turk Island. A comprehensive search by the Coast Guard, covering a large area, yielded no trace of the aircraft.A Flying Boxcar, a C-119 aircraft, was dispatched to Grand Turk following a C-119 stranded on Grand Turk. It failed to arrive at its destination, and its last radio transmission was received near Crooked Island, approximately 177 miles from Grand Turk Island. A comprehensive search by the Coast Guard, covering a large area, yielded no trace of the aircraft.
Description
The Flying Boxcar arrived at Homestead AFB at 17:04 and was prepared for a flight to Grand Turk. It then took off at 19:47 with 4 additional mechanics who were to fix the engine of a C-119 stranded on Grand Turk. The airplane never arrived at the destination and was declared missing. The last radio call came from just north of Crooked Island and 177 miles from Grand Turk Island. The coast guard conducted an extensive five-day search, covering about 77,000 square miles per day. Nothing was found. On July 18, 1965 debris from the missing plane was found on beach of Gold Rock Cay just off the Northeast shore of Acklins Island.
Source of Information
http://www.bermuda-triangle.org, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rfIeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-osEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5316%2C1995275http://www.bermuda-triangle.org, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rfIeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-osEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5316%2C1995275Primary Cause
Mechanical failure of the C-119 aircraft.Mechanical failure of the C-119 aircraft.Share on:
