Narrative:
An uncontrollable no. 3 engine fire forced the crew to carry out an off runway emergency landing. The aircraft burned out.
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."
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1954 |
| Time: | 03:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) |
| Operator: | Great Lakes Airlines (1) |
| Registration: | N30070 |
| MSN: | 35931 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 21923 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-9M4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 79 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 82 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Gage Airport, OK (GAG) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO (MKC/KMKC), United States of America |
| Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 146 |
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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Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (115-117)Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO to Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 2168 km (1355 miles).
Distance from Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO to Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 2168 km (1355 miles).
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