Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Dienstag 15 Juni 1954 |
Zeit: | 03:20 |
Flugzeugtyp: | 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)
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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
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Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (115-117)
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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).
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.