ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334583
| Date: | Wednesday 28 November 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1015 |
| MSN: | 43924 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McMurdo Station-Williams Field -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| McMurdo Station-Williams Field (NZWD) |
Nose gear failure on landing. Parts of the plane were used to repair Globemasters 52-0982 and 52-0983 which were both damaged at McMurdo earlier (Oct 21, 1956 and Nov 28, 1956 resp.). The remainder was used as a storage shed.
Sources:
The Panama American, October 22, 1956 [52-0982 incident]
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Panama American, November 29, 1956
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