- Date
- March 28, 1964
- Place
- North Pacific Ocn (Pacific Ocean) · NORTH PACIFIC OCN, PO
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4726VDouglas DC-4
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185075
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0718 64/3/28 NORTH PACIFIC OCN DOUGLAS DC-4 CR- 3 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N4726V PX- 6 0 0 CORP/EXEC 60, 23454 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 16000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- LAST RADIO MSG AT 1354Z AS POSITION N29-20 135W AT 1337Z.BAD FIRE #2 ENG MIGHT HAVE TO PUT IT IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4726V
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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