51-8086

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

Safety history

  • December 9, 1953Accident

    En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the aircraft dove into the ground. At a height of 200 feet, a crew member was able to bail out, his parachute opened at 150 feet and he was found alive. The aircraft crashed in a huge explosion in a wooded area located 1,5 mile south of Newton Falls and burned for about two hours. Both other crew members were killed.

    Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar · 2 fatalities