ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334797
Date: | Thursday 17 November 1955 |
Time: | 23:59 |
Type: | Douglas C-54-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | Peninsular Air Transport |
Registration: | N88852 |
MSN: | 3123 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2000-11 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 74 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 4 km S of Seattle-Boeing Field, WA (BFI) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI) |
Destination airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed in a residential area following takeoff from runway 13.
PROBABLE CAUSE : "The excessively high drag resulting from the improperly indexed propeller blades and inability to feather. These conditions were the result o a series of maintenance errors and omissions."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (204-209)
Youngstown Vindicator - Nov 18, 1955 Location
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