Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar crashes

144 crashes involving the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar since 1950, with 968 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 144
• Fatal crashes: 91
• Fatalities: 968
• First recorded: June 28, 1950
• Most recent: September 16, 1987

Deadliest

1. February 22, 1980: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay), Uttar Pradesh, India (46 fatalities)
2. February 22, 1980: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay), Uttar Pradesh, India (46 fatalities)
3. August 11, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Edelweiler Baden-Württemberg, Germany (46 fatalities)
4. July 17, 1953: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Whiting Field NAS Florida, United States (44 fatalities)
5. November 14, 1952: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Seongnam AFB (Seoul) Gyeonggi, South Korea (44 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (65)
• Japan (18)
• South Korea (9)
• India (8)
• Germany (7)
• Italy (6)
• Democratic Republic of Congo (4)
• France (4)
• Vietnam (4)
• Belgium (3)
• China (2)
• International waters and airspace (2)

Years

• 1955 (17)
• 1953 (13)
• 1954 (13)
• 1951 (10)
• 1952 (10)
• 1950 (8)
• 1961 (8)
• 1981 (6)
• 1966 (5)
• 1964 (4)
• 1979 (4)
• 1980 (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

• September 16, 1987: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Castle Crags State Park, California, United States (3 fatalities)
• September 16, 1987: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Castle Crags State Park, California, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• May 13, 1987: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Shageluk, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• May 13, 1987: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Shageluk, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 21, 1984: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Venetie-Tobin Creek, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 21, 1984: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Venetie-Tobin Creek, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 7, 1983: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kinmen, Quemoy Island, Fujian, China (38 fatalities)
• June 7, 1983: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kinmen, Quemoy Island, Fujian, China (38 fatalities)
• May 8, 1983: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kagoak River, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• May 8, 1983: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kagoak River, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 7, 1982: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India (23 fatalities)
• February 7, 1982: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India (23 fatalities)
• September 7, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Dahl Creek, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 7, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Dahl Creek, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 8, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Frazier Park, California, United States (2 fatalities)
• July 8, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Frazier Park, California, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• June 27, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Bettles, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 27, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Bettles, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 5, 1980: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, King Salmon, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 5, 1980: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, King Salmon, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 22, 1980: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay), Uttar Pradesh, India (46 fatalities)
• February 22, 1980: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay), Uttar Pradesh, India (46 fatalities)
• August 28, 1979: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Mt Daxue Miaoli County, Taiwan (20 fatalities)
• July 8, 1979: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Casa Grande Arizona, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 6, 1979: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Big Creek Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 24, 1979: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pisa-San Giusto-Galileo Galilei (Arturo dell'Oro) Tuscany, Italy (0 fatalities)
• June 10, 1978: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Greybull Wyoming, United States (3 fatalities)
• June 27, 1974: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Campo dos Afonsos AFB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2 fatalities)
• March 1, 1973: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Vietnam (1 fatality)
• October 27, 1972: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Aulan Drôme, France (5 fatalities)
• May 2, 1972: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, An Lộc Bình Phước Province, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
• March 14, 1972: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Mt Guanyin New Taipei City, Taiwan (39 fatalities)
• June 6, 1970: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, South China Sea, World (1 fatality)
• April 25, 1970: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Rivolto Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (17 fatalities)
• February 19, 1970: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
• October 11, 1969: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (6 fatalities)
• June 30, 1969: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay) Uttar Pradesh, India (20 fatalities)
• March 15, 1969: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Tajo de Cabaneja Estremadura, Spain (7 fatalities)
• December 14, 1968: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Mt Pico del Este, Puerto Rico (8 fatalities)
• December 6, 1968: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Røros Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (0 fatalities)
• August 9, 1968: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Wilmington Ohio, United States (6 fatalities)
• November 16, 1966: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Deer Valley Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 30, 1966: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Mt Pallett California, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 16, 1966: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Jacksonville-Towers Field NAS Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 17, 1966: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Scott AFB (Belleville) Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 8, 1966: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Scranton Pennsylvania, United States (3 fatalities)
• October 22, 1965: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Veckerhagen Hesse, Germany (8 fatalities)
• June 5, 1965: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Acklins Island Acklins, Bahamas (9 fatalities)
• April 20, 1964: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pisa-San Giusto-Galileo Galilei (Arturo dell'Oro) Tuscany, Italy (6 fatalities)
• April 18, 1964: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Wilmington Ohio, United States (10 fatalities)
• April 18, 1964: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Wilmington Ohio, United States (7 fatalities)
• March 4, 1964: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Barrackpore West Bengal, India (22 fatalities)
• June 26, 1963: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Augustdorf North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (38 fatalities)
• March 30, 1963: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pisa-San Giusto-Galileo Galilei (Arturo dell'Oro) Tuscany, Italy (0 fatalities)
• January 1, 1963: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Banihal Jammu and Kashmir, India (2 fatalities)
• June 22, 1962: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Harlingen-Valley Intl Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 12, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium (5 fatalities)
• December 12, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium (8 fatalities)
• November 23, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Whitehorse Yukon, Canada (7 fatalities)
• November 17, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Albertville Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (4 fatalities)
• July 1, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Chushul Jammu and Kashmir, India (3 fatalities)
• February 15, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kananga Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo (3 fatalities)
• February 2, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kwamouth Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• January 15, 1961: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Fort Campbell AFB Kentucky, United States (5 fatalities)
• July 19, 1960: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Goma Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (39 fatalities)
• March 5, 1960: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Botricello Calabria, Italy (0 fatalities)
• December 13, 1958: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Minozzo Emilia-Romagna, Italy (0 fatalities)
• March 27, 1958: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Bridgeport-Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Texas, United States (3 fatalities)
• March 7, 1958: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Naha Okinawa, Japan (26 fatalities)
• April 22, 1957: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ashiya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (4 fatalities)
• October 26, 1956: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Newburg Pennsylvania, United States (4 fatalities)
• March 30, 1956: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ashiya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
• February 4, 1956: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Miami Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 27, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Sparrevohn Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 6, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Spartanburg-Downtown Memorial South Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 30, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Kagoshima Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
• November 9, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pacific Ocean, World (1 fatality)
• September 6, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Alexandria Louisiana, United States (3 fatalities)
• August 23, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Charleston-Intl South Carolina, United States (9 fatalities)
• August 11, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Edelweiler Baden-Württemberg, Germany (46 fatalities)
• August 11, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Edelweiler Baden-Württemberg, Germany (20 fatalities)
• April 18, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ghisonaccia Haute-Corse, France (0 fatalities)
• April 18, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Moulins Allier, France (0 fatalities)
• April 16, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Matsushima AFB Tōhoku, Japan (1 fatality)
• April 1, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Lapine Alabama, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 10, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Cullman Alabama, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 8, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pittsburgh-Intl Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 3, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Hagerstown Maryland, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 1, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ashiya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (3 fatalities)
• January 11, 1955: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Sewart AFB (Smyrna) Tennessee, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 29, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Huntsville Alabama, United States (9 fatalities)
• December 6, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ashiya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
• October 20, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Daegu Daegu, South Korea (1 fatality)
• October 6, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
• June 20, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Sint-Truiden Limburg, Belgium (0 fatalities)
• May 6, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ban Sot Bolikhamxai Province, Laos (2 fatalities)
• April 22, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Beulaville North Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
• April 20, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Santa Clarita California, United States (7 fatalities)
• April 17, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Birmingham Alabama, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 30, 1954: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States (7 fatalities)