Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar crash, Mar 27, 1958 (3 killed)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar accident on March 27, 1958 near Bridgeport-Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Texas, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Mid...
- Date: March 27, 1958
- Aircraft: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
- Location: Bridgeport-Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Mid air collision in poor visibility; the C 119 was not flying at the altitude it had been assigned.
A USAF Fairchild C 119 Flying Boxcar collided in mid air with a USAF C 124C Globemaster II near Bridgeport, Texas, on 27 March 1958 in poor visibility, and both aircraft crashed in a field. All 18 people aboard the two aircraft were killed.