Crash of a Lockheed C-130A Hercules at Smyrna AFB: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1962
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
56-0488
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Sewart - Sewart
MSN:
3096
YOM:
1957
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a local training mission at Smyrna-Sewart AFB, Tennessee. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the airplane banked left, lost height and crashed near the runway end. All five crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control caused by the failure of both left engines shortly after rotation.

Crash of a Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar near Newburg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1956 at 1518 LT
Operator:
Registration:
51-8026
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Sewart – Harrisburg
MSN:
10769
YOM:
1951
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Sewart AFB (Smyrna, Tennessee) to Harrisburg-Intl Airport (Olmsted AFB). After passing over Newburg, the crew did not realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located 7 miles north of the city. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all four crew members have been killed.

Crash of a Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar near Sewart AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1955
Operator:
Registration:
52-5949
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Sewart - Sewart
MSN:
11136
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
37
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
During initial climb, an engine failed. All 37 paratroopers and three of the five crew members abandoned the aircraft that went out of control and crashed in a field located five miles northeast of the airfield. Both pilots were killed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Kaiser-Fraser C-119G Flying Boxcar near Huntsville: 9 killed

Date & Time: Dec 29, 1954
Operator:
Registration:
53-8102
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Sewart - Brookley
MSN:
205
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The aircraft struck the Shin Hook ridge located about 18 miles southeast of Huntsville, Alabama. Two passengers were rescued while nine other occupants were killed. The crew was performing a flight from Sewart AFB (Smyrna, Tennessee) to Brookley AFB in Mobile, Alabama.

Crash of a Douglas A-26C-45-DT Invader in Donelson: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1954
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-35757
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Shaw - Sewart
MSN:
29036
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was returning to Sewart AFB in Smyrna following a mission at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. While approaching from the north in marginal weather conditions, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed onto a house located in Donelson, about a mile north of the Nashville International Airport. The airplane and the house were destroyed by fire and all three crew members were killed. A person in the house was injured. At the time of the accident, the cloud base was at 1,100 feet with icing conditions.

Crash of a Fairchild C-119G-FA Flying Boxcar in Newton Falls: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1953 at 1225 LT
Operator:
Registration:
51-8086
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Sewart - Sewart
MSN:
10980
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the aircraft dove into the ground. At a height of 200 feet, a crew member was able to bail out, his parachute opened at 150 feet and he was found alive. The aircraft crashed in a huge explosion in a wooded area located 1,5 mile south of Newton Falls and burned for about two hours. Both other crew members were killed.

Crash of a Fairchild C-119C-17-FA Flying Boxcar near Jackson: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1951
Operator:
Registration:
49-0192
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Smyrna - Tinker
MSN:
10429
YOM:
1949
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising in heavy rain falls, the aircraft encountered turbulences and went into a dive. Three crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a field located 15 miles southwest of Jackson, Tennessee. While the three occupants who bailed out were unarmed, four other crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control in heavy turbulences and rain falls.

Crash of a Fairchild C-119C-15-FA Flying Boxcar near Parsons: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1950
Operator:
Registration:
49-0163
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Smyrna - Smyrna
MSN:
10400
YOM:
1949
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While completing a local training mission from Smyrna AFB, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a prairie located seven miles northwest of Parsons. Two crewmen were injured while seven others were killed.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator in Smyrna AFB

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-11759
Flight Type:
MSN:
255
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
In unknown circumstances, the aircraft collided on runway with a vehicle. The occupant fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator in Smyrna AFB

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-1132
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
72
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on take off.