Crash of a Fairchild C-119C-18-FA Flying Boxcar near Bitburg AFB: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 10, 1953
Registration:
50-0127
Survivors:
No
MSN:
10445
YOM:
1950
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
On approach to Bitburg AFB, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls. Too low, the airplane hit tree tops and crashed in a dense wooded area located about 24 km north of the airbase. All five crew members were killed.