| Date: | Tuesday 23 December 1986 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54R (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Central Air Services |
| Registration: | N96361 |
| MSN: | 27368 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 27804 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Arlington, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Arlington Municipal Airport, WA (AWO/KAWO) |
| Arlington Municipal Airport, WA (AWO/KAWO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft suffered an uncontrollable no. 3 engine fire and ditched in the Pacific Ocean.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Unknown".
Sources:
Aviation Letter 250
NTSB/AAB-87/11
Images:
photo (c) Alfred Wittwer, via Werner Fischdick; Arlington, WA; August 1982
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