Date:	Friday 7 March 1958
Time:
Type:	Fairchild R4Q-1 Flying Boxcar (C-119C)
Owner/operator:	United States Marine Corps
Registration:	128741
MSN:	10570
Year of manufacture:	1952
Total airframe hrs:	3117 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca 5 km off Okinawa-Naha AFB (AHA) -   Japan
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Subic Bay International Airport (SFS/RPLB)
Destination airport:	Okinawa-Naha AFB (AHA)

Narrative:
The R4Q transport aircraft was returning from a successful mission in the Philippines, accompanied by a Douglas AD-6 Skyraider (135350). Both aircraft an instrument approach into Okinawa-Naha AFB. Apparently the AD-6 had communication or navigation problems and elected to fly wing on the R4Q during the approach. Both planes collided and crashed in the Pacific Ocean.

Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar / Alwyn T. Lloyd, 2005

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