Flugunfall 15 JUN 1954 einer Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) N30070 - Gage Airport, OK (GAG)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Dienstag 15 Juni 1954
Zeit:03:20
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4)
Fluggesellschaft:Great Lakes Airlines (1)
Kennzeichen: N30070
Werknummer: 35931
Baujahr: 1945
Betriebsstunden:21923
Triebwerk: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-9M4
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 79
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 82
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:Gage Airport, OK (GAG) (   USA)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO (MKC/KMKC), USA
Flug nach:Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), USA
Flugnummer: 146
Unfallbericht:
An uncontrollable no. 3 engine fire forced the crew to carry out an off runway emergency landing. The aircraft burned out.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A bearing failure of the no.3 engine generator causing extreme frictional heat and the release of inflammable fluid which ignited in flight."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (115-117)


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Distance from Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO to Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 2168 km (1355 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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