Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar crash, Nov 23, 1961 (7 killed)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar accident on November 23, 1961 near Whitehorse Yukon, Canada with 7 fatalities. Cause: A fire started in the right wheel...
- Date: November 23, 1961
- Aircraft: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
- Location: Whitehorse Yukon, Canada
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: A fire started in the right wheel well from an overheated brake after takeoff with frozen brakes; the inquest jury found overheated brake fluid ignited when the wheels were retracted.
A US Air Force Reserve Fairchild C 119C from Ellington with ten men on board took off from Whitehorse on 23 November 1961, returning from a Kodiak exercise. A fire broke out in the right wheel well soon after takeoff, five men bailed out and the aircraft crashed south of Whitehorse. Seven of the ten on board were killed and three survived.