XT-852

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

Safety history

  • December 9, 1950AccidentHull loss

    The crew was performing a liaison flight between Tachikawa AFB and Korea. While cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet in marginal weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Fuji and was destroyed upon impact. All three crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt Robert Heising, pilot, Jimmy W. H. Chang, copilot, T. W. Wen, radio operator.

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