ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54-DO (DC-4) N88852 Seattle-Boeing Field, WA (BFI)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Thursday 17 November 1955
Time:23:59
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-54-DO (DC-4)
Operator:Peninsular Air Transport
Registration: N88852
MSN: 3123
First flight: 1942
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-11
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 70
Total:Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 74
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:4 km (2.5 mls) S of Seattle-Boeing Field, WA (BFI) (   United States of America)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI), United States of America
Destination airport:Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), United States of America
Flightnumber: 17K
Narrative:
Crashed in a residential area following takeoff from runway 13.

Probable Cause:

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
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (204-209)
» Youngstown Vindicator - Nov 18, 1955


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Distance from Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA to Newark International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 3826 km (2391 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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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Douglas DC-4

  • 1242 built
  • 192nd loss
  • 111th fatal accident
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