49-0134
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- June 28, 1950Accident
The aircraft left Fort Campbell AFB in the evening with 31 other similar aircraft to participate to a combined night parachuting exercice. En route, the right engine caught fire. All 26 paratroopers abandoned the aircraft and bailed out. The crew elected to return to Fort Campbell when the aircraft crashed in a field. All four crew members were killed while 26 paratroopers were later found alive. Probable cause (official findings): Engine fire.