Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar crash, Nov 17, 1953 (15 killed)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar accident on November 17, 1953 near Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States with 15 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: November 17, 1953
- Aircraft: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
- Location: Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 15
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Engine failure
A USAF Fairchild C-119 from Pope Army Airfield, flying in a formation of twelve aircraft for a paratroop drop, lost an engine in flight. It went out of formation and dove into a field near Fort Bragg, striking paratroopers who had just jumped, and all five occupants and ten paratroopers were killed.