Posted on 09/22/2022 12:09:56 PM PDT by robowombat
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CRASH OF A DOUGLAS C-124 GLOBEMASTER II NEAR BRIDGEPORT: 15 KILLED Date & Time: Mar 27, 1958 at 1615 LT Type of aircraft: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Operator: Registration: 52-0981 Flight Phase: Flight Flight Type: Military Survivors: No Site: Plain, Valley Schedule: Kelly - Tinker MSN: 43890 YOM: 1952 Location: Bridgeport-Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Texas Country: United States of America Region: North America Crew on board: 10 Crew fatalities: 10 Pax on board: 5 Pax fatalities: 5 Other fatalities: 0 Total fatalities: 15 Circumstances: En route from Kelly AFB to Tinker AFB, while cruising at an altitude of 6,000 feet in poor weather conditions, the four engine aircraft collided with a USAF Fairchild C-119C-17-FA Flying Boxcar. Registered 49-0195, the Flying Boxcar was en route from Sheppard AFB to Carswell AFB with a crew of three on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located near Bridgeport. All 18 occupants on both aircraft were killed. Probable cause: It was determined that the collision was the result of an error on part of the C-119's crew who failed to respect the instructions transmitted by ATC, asking them to fly at an altitude of 7,000 feet. For undetermined reason, the crew continue his route at the insufficient altitude of 6,000 feet, crossing the track of the C-124 which was flying at the same level. Low visibility caused by poor weather conditions was considered as a contributing factor.
In the title?
Nickname for the C-124 Globemaster II was “Old Shaky”. It was developed from the Douglas C-74 Globemaster. Douglas used the DC-4/C-54 as a basis for the C-74. The C-74 was 31 feet longer than the C-54.
The C-124 was powered by 4 3800 HP Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major piston engines. It could carry 200 fully equipped troops on its double decks or 127 litter patients and their attendants.
I never worked on the engines except repair minor leaks. I agree with you.
The date on this is wrong. This post makes one think this occurred today.
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That is the FR posting date not the date of the article
Posted on 9/22/2022, 3:09:56 PM
Hmmm...pretty sure that means the date the article was written/posted on their site. Not FR. Otherwise why would FR ask for the date when we post? They would just time stamp it.
Doh, I see in this channel it doesn’t post the date of teh article. Or it was left blank. Everytime I’ve ever posted I had to include a date, but I see this one didn’t.
Sorry.
1958. I wondered...
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