128725

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • February 7, 1951Accident

    The aircraft was enroute from Cherry Point to Floyd Bennett Field in New York with 9 crew members on board. While flying over Virginia, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy turbulences. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed following a structural failure in flight. All nine occupants were killed. Probable cause (official findings): Structural failure in flight caused by heavy turbulences encountered in poor weather conditions.

    Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar · 9 fatalities