Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 17 NOV 1955 |
| Hora: | 23:59 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-54-DO |
| Operador: | Peninsular Air Transport |
| Registración: | N88852 |
| Numéro de série: | 3123 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1942 |
| Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-11 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 27 / Ocupantes: 70 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 28 / Ocupantes: 74 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | S of Seattle-Boeing Field, WA (BFI) (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Ascenso Inicial (ICL) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico No Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI), Estados Unidos de América |
| Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 17K |
Crashed in a residential area following takeoff.
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." Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (204-209)
» Youngstown Vindicator - Nov 18, 1955
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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).
Distance from Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA to Newark International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 3826 km (2391 miles).
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