Incident Overview
Date: Friday 4 July 1958
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 50-107
Location: 320 km NE off Johnston Island –
ÿ Pacific Ocean
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: PropellerPropeller
Category: Accident
A C-124 Globemaster aircraft experienced a catastrophic event during a cargo flight over the Pacific Ocean. The crew radioed a propeller failure and a need to divert to Honolulu, resulting in a ditching in the Pacific. A propeller blade broke off, striking the aileron, causing significant control problems and rapid oil loss.A C-124 Globemaster aircraft experienced a catastrophic event during a cargo flight over the Pacific Ocean. The crew radioed a propeller failure and a need to divert to Honolulu, resulting in a ditching in the Pacific. A propeller blade broke off, striking the aileron, causing significant control problems and rapid oil loss.
Description
The C-124 Globemaster operated on a cargo flight across the Pacific Ocean to Tokyo. En route over the Pacific, at 01:20 Hawaiian time, the crew radioed that they were feathering the propeller on engine no. 3 and that the flight would divert to Honolulu, Hawaii. At 01:33 the flight reported that the propeller failed to feather. It continued to windmill and it was losing oil rapidly. The crew decided to divert to Johnston Island instead of Honolulu. It appeared that a propeller blade had broken away, striking the aileron and causing severe control problems. The aircraft ditched in the Pacific. Twelve hours later three survivors were rescued from the water.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OHE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ckEAAAAIBAJ&dq=globemaster&pg=1370%2C609230https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OHE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ckEAAAAIBAJ&dq=globemaster&pg=1370%2C609230Primary Cause
Propeller failure and subsequent control problems due to a broken propeller blade.Propeller failure and subsequent control problems due to a broken propeller blade.Share on:
