Pisa – Entebbe – Albertville

On November 17, 1961 at 12:00 AM, Pisa – Entebbe – Albertville experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, operated by Italian Air Force - Aeronautica Militare Italiana, with the event recorded near Albertville Katanga.

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The crew was completing a humanitarian flight from Pisa to Albertville with an intermediate stop at Entebbe on behalf of UNO. After touchdown at Albertville Airport, the crew started the braking procedure when one of the undercarriage struck a hole in the runway surface. On impact, the undercarriage was sheared off, control was lost and the airplane veered off runway before coming to rest in flames. Four crew members were killed while six other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration MM52-6014, MSN 10911, year of manufacture 1952.