Incident Overview
Date: Friday 7 March 1958
Aircraft Type: Fairchild R4Q-1 Flying Boxcar (C-119C)
Owner/operator: United States Marine Corps
Registration Number: 128741
Location: ca 5 km off Okinawa-Naha AFB (AHA) –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Component Affected: The AD-6 SkyraiderThe AD-6 Skyraider
Category: Accident
A R4Q transport aircraft and a Douglas AD-6 Skyraider collided and crashed in the Pacific Ocean during an instrument approach to Okinawa-Naha AFB. The Skyraider experienced communication and navigation issues, leading to a wing-in-collision maneuver.A R4Q transport aircraft and a Douglas AD-6 Skyraider collided and crashed in the Pacific Ocean during an instrument approach to Okinawa-Naha AFB. The Skyraider experienced communication and navigation issues, leading to a wing-in-collision maneuver.
Description
The R4Q transport aircraft was returning from a successful mission in the Philippines, accompanied by a Douglas AD-6 Skyraider (135350). Both aircraft an instrument approach into Okinawa-Naha AFB. Apparently the AD-6 had communication or navigation problems and elected to fly wing on the R4Q during the approach. Both planes collided and crashed in the Pacific Ocean.
Primary Cause
Communication and navigation system failure on the AD-6 Skyraider.Communication and navigation system failure on the AD-6 Skyraider.Share on:
