Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JUL 1956 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: | Douglas C-118A |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-3301 |
| C/n / msn: | 44672/639 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 46 / Occupants: 66 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 2 km S of Fort Dix-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Dix-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI), United States of America |
| Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NF (YJT/CYJT), Canada |
Windshear after departure; descended into forest and crashed.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Fort Dix-McGuire AFB, NJ to Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NF as the crow flies is 1575 km (984 miles).
Distance from Fort Dix-McGuire AFB, NJ to Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NF as the crow flies is 1575 km (984 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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