Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 AUG 1957 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1021 |
| C/n / msn: | 43930 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4 km (2.5 mls) NE of El Paso-Biggs AAF, TX (BIF) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| El Paso-Biggs AAF, TX (BIF/KBIF), United States of America |
Struck ground while on final approach in poor weather.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
