ASN Aircraft accident Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter 49-2597 Honolulu, Hawaii
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Date:Sunday 19 January 1958
Type:Silhouette image of generic C97 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 49-2597
MSN: 16219
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:445 km (278.1 mls) SW off Honolulu, Hawaii (   Pacific Ocean)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK), United States of America
Destination airport:Kwajalein Airport (KWA/PKWA), Marshall Islands
Narrative:
Missing over the Pacific Ocean. The Stratofreighter was on a flight from Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU) to Hickam AFB (HIK), Hawaii and Wake Island (AWK).
The navy confirmed that debris found 277 miles to the southwest of Honolulu, was wreckage of the plane.

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Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde


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Distance from Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI to Kwajalein Airport as the crow flies is 3910 km (2444 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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