Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 APR 1957 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-5176 |
| C/n / msn: | 43586 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Cambridge Bay Airport, NU (YCB) (Canada)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Cambridge Bay Airport, NU (YCB/CYCB), Canada |
The Globemaster struck a gravel bank on final approach and crashed.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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.
