Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1954 |
Time: | 23:00 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) |
Owner/operator: | Johnson Flying Service |
Registration: | N24320 |
MSN: | 20197 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5738 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 28 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km SE of Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA (AGC) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
Destination airport: | Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA (AGC/KAGC) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Ditched in Monongahela River following fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was on a civil air movement flight of military personnel to Tacoma. The airplane was repaired.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Fuel exhaustion brought about by inadequate flight planning. Contributing factors were inadequate crew supervision and training."
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 47-AN/42 (205-210)
The Pittsburgh Press - Dec 23, 1954 Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; West Memphis Municipal Airport, AR (AWM); February 1993
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