| Date: | Thursday 17 November 1955 |
| Time: | 23:59 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Peninsular Air Transport |
| Registration: | N88852 |
| MSN: | 3123 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2000-11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 74 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km S of Seattle-Boeing Field, WA (BFI) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI) |
| Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed in a residential area following takeoff from runway 13.
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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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (204-209)
Youngstown Vindicator - Nov 18, 1955
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