ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335384
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| Date: | Friday 27 March 1953 |
| Time: | 03:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas R5D-1 (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | California Eastern Airways |
| Registration: | N229A |
| MSN: | 10322 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off San Fransisco, CA, USA -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU) |
| Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) |
DC-4 N229A departed Travis AFB at 22:20 PST for a flight to Honolulu; cruising altitude 8000 feet. At 01:55 PST the no. 4 engine backfired and the oil pressured dropped to 40 lb PSI. The prop was feathered and the crew elected to divert to San Francisco. At 02:50 PST the no. 3 engine lost manifold pressure and this propeller was also feathered. Altitude could no longer be maintained and a ditching was carried out off San Francisco. The aircraft stayed afloat for about 5 and a half hours.
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