Crash of a Fairchild C-119C-17-FA Flying Boxcar near Jackson: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 4, 1951
Registration:
49-0192
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Smyrna - Tinker
MSN:
10429
YOM:
1949
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising in heavy rain falls, the aircraft encountered turbulences and went into a dive. Three crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a field located 15 miles southwest of Jackson, Tennessee. While the three occupants who bailed out were unarmed, four other crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control in heavy turbulences and rain falls.