Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 MAR 1958 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-0981 |
| C/n / msn: | 43890 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) NNW of Bridgeport, TX (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF/KSKF), United States of America |
| Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK/KTIK), United States of America |
An Air Force C-119 (49-0195) en route from Sheppard AFB, TX (SPS) to Carswell AFB, TX (FWH) collided in midair with a C-124C Globemaster II 52-0981. The Globemaster was on a flight from Kelly AFB, TX (SKF) to Tinker AFB, OK (TIK).
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Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX to Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK as the crow flies is 676 km (422 miles).
Distance from San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX to Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK as the crow flies is 676 km (422 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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