Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 15 June 1954
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator: Great Lakes Airlines (1)
Registration Number: N30070
Location: Gage Airport, OK (GAG) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 82
Component Affected: No. 3 engine generatorNo. 3 engine generator
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
An uncontrolled No. 3 engine fire resulted in the loss of thrust and subsequent forced off-runway emergency landing. The aircraft burned out.An uncontrolled No. 3 engine fire resulted in the loss of thrust and subsequent forced off-runway emergency landing. The aircraft burned out.
Description
An uncontrollable no. 3 engine fire forced the crew to carry out an off runway emergency landing. The aircraft burned out. 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.”
Primary Cause
A bearing failure of the No. 3 engine generator causing extreme frictional heat and the release of inflammable fluid which ignited in flight.A bearing failure of the No. 3 engine generator causing extreme frictional heat and the release of inflammable fluid which ignited in flight.Share on:
